NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC72DNC47
Registry · N1164
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHLEICHER K 8 B
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660901
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A04561
Registrant of record
BENJAMIN KIRBY
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
SCHLEICHER K8B · N1164
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
RUTLAND STATE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000008542SH
Total time
351 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
104
Age
29
Investigator remarks
UN MAINTAIN LIFT.CRASHED DRG LOW ALT MANUEVER.
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/45 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 2240.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_2240.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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