NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73AN144
Registry · N621W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172B
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610523
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A81BE8
Registrant of record
HERZOG DANIEL L
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
HOWARD AERO 500 · N621W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
110° / 8 kt
Temp
59° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000500-106
Total time
5,423 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
15,973
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
T DUE HYDROPLANING. RAN DOWN EMBANKMENT.
Investigator remarks
LND DOWNWIND FROM VOR CIRCLING APCH. UN STOP ACF
Cause factors
- 64/C/80 C PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
- 80/C/BA C AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY Cause
- 88/C/92 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY Cause
- 80/B/BY B AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
- 88/L/AQ L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
- 82/L/B L WEATHER RAIN
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 1012.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1012.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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