NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC72FHJ16
Registry · N1132W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172S
Year of manufacture
2006
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20060223
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A03A0B
Registrant of record
C FLYING K AVIATION LLC
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
BELL 47-J2A · N1132W
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B9
Operator type
H
Airport
FLOYD BENNETT
Kind of flying
DL
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 11 kt
Temp
48° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000003128
Total time
2,739 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,455
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AN STEPPED ONTO FLOAT,PLT UN CTL HEL.WIND GUSTY.
Investigator remarks
UNCONSCIOUS,RESCUED MAN ON R FLOAT SLIPPED,CREWM
Cause factors
- 68/A/K4 A PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/R A PERSONNEL FLIGHT PERSONNEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/54 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LATERAL IMBALANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause
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 0997.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0997.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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