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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC74DHD07

1973-08-06 VINELAND, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2468L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172H

Year of manufacture

1966 · 7 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670104

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A249C4

Registrant of record

CAVENDER KEVIN S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2468L Cessna 172H 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

CESSNA 172H · N2468L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

KROELINGER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001725668

Total time

685 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

483

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GND BECAUSE OF TREES AND PWR LINE.HIT DIRT BANK.

Investigator remarks

TOUCH DOWN ABT MIDWAY PLT DECIDED TO STAY ON THE

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 2357. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2357.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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