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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC74DHJ10

1973-08-24 RIVERHEAD, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3239Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182E

Year of manufacture

1962 · 11 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19620611

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A37D1F

Registrant of record

HARPER MARK A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3239Y Cessna 182E 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 182E · N3239Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EY

Operator type

D

Airport

RIVERHEAD AIRPARK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Total time

1,600 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,329

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ER.PLT UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO BALLOON OVER MOWER.

Investigator remarks

LND TO L OF UNLTD RWY.LDG LTS REVEALED GRASS MOW

Cause factors

64/C/33 C
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
88/C/13 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2195. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2195.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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