NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73FNE16
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
PIPER PA-28 · N6497J
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
ELLINGTON
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
300° / 29 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Total time
14,300 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
91
Age
23
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OF SVR WX WRNG.TRML AREA WX IMPROPERLY ASSESSED.
Investigator remarks
CONTD ILS APCH INTO TSTM.LACK OF TIMELY ISSUANCE
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 0006.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_0006.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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