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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73DNC20

1972-08-09 MELVIN VILLAGE, New Hampshire, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N451E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

REPUBLIC RC-3

Year of manufacture

1946 · 26 years old at event

Engine

FRANKLIN 6A8 SERIES (215 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A57637

Registrant of record

MENSING ROGER G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N451E Republic RC3 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

REPUBLIC RC3 · N451E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

MELVIN BAY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

180° / 7 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000182

Total time

1,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

15,000

Age

43

Investigator remarks

PLT INADVERTENTLY EXTENDED LDG GR FOR WATER LDG.

Cause factors

64/A/11 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/88 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 3108. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3108.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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