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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72FNE30

1972-03-09 STERLING, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6455S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER/SHANKSTER PA 18-160

Year of manufacture

2003

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20030812

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A87AE6

Registrant of record

DANIEL L COOPER

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6455S Cessna 150H None

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

CESSNA 150H · N6455S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

STERLING

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 11 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015067255

Total time

911 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

26

Age

49

Investigator remarks

HIT SNOWBANK ON SIDE OF RWY.

Cause factors

64/A/79 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 0729. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0729.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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