NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73FFA24
Registry · N8171E
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PILATUS PC-6/B2-H4
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB25DD
Registrant of record
LAZY TA LEGEND AIRCRAFT LLC
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
M00NEY M20A · N8171E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
RIVERSIDE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000046700
Total time
5,954 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
44
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ASON FOR HI FAN SPEED NOT DTRMD CONCLUSIVELY.
Investigator remarks
NR3 FAN ASSY DSNTRGTD,WINDOW SEPD,PAX EJECTED.RE
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 80/K/BD K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS 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 0008.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_0008.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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