NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73DKM04
Registry · N6921G
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 150L
Year of manufacture
1970 · 2 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A934A6
Registrant of record
WARD MICHAEL J
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
CESSNA 150L · N6921G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
GOOSE CREEK
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000015072421
Total time
485 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,500
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
0,REG NR UNK,SUBSTL DMG.
Investigator remarks
FLEW INTO KNOWN WIRES. THEN HIT PARKED CESSNA 15
Cause factors
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0809.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0809.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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