NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73FNA14
Registry · N11YA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2
Year of manufacture
1957 · 15 years old at event
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19750613
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02C01
Registrant of record
FOX HEATHER 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
BLANIK L-13 · N11YA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
PLYMOUTH MUN
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
045° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000175212
Total time
15 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
13
Age
24
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RACT FLAPS,RETRACTED SPOILERS.
Investigator remarks
GLIDER SETTLING TOO FAST ON FINAL.PLT INTNDD RET
Cause factors
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 0785.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0785.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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