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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73DNA36

1973-01-29 NANTUCKET, Massachusetts, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N100DF

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-4

Year of manufacture

2008

Engine

LYCOMING O-320-E2A (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20080719

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A00505

Registrant of record

FISHER CHARLTON DRU

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N100DF Cessna 172L 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

CESSNA 172L · N100DF

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

D

Airport

NANTUCKET MEM.

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000027-3017

Total time

1,070 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

4,775

Age

36

Investigator remarks

ACFT LNDG GEAR STRUCK LARGE ANT HILL ON RNWY.

Cause factors

64/A/33 A
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/A/H A
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 0020. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0020.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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