NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC74DHJ26
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
CESSNA 150G · N5859G
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
EDWARDS
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
215° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000150-71359
Total time
2,319 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
24
Age
30
Investigator remarks
DRIFTED TO LEFT OF RUNWAY COLLIDED WITH TREES.
Cause factors
- 64/A/28 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS 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 1363.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_1363.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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