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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72FHM05

1971-08-23 WALLKILL, New York, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5584F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1968 · 3 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680919

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7200D

Registrant of record

GUILIANO ANTHONY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5584F Piper PA-28 Minor

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

PIPER PA-28 · N5584F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

KOBELT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

340° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-24917

Total time

1,552 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

63

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WIND GUSTING 20K.

Investigator remarks

ATMTD GO-AROUND NEAR EDGE OF RWY,UN AVOID TREES.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/B/44 B
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 3308. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3308.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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