NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC74FHA35
Registry · N4536T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5B
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19791012
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5807D
Registrant of record
SHERROD ROGER F
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
PIPER PA-28 · N4536T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
SUSSEX
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000007105223
Total time
1,009 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
100
Age
24
Investigator remarks
PLT DIVERTED ATTN TO SICK PAX AND OTR ACFT.
Cause factors
- 64/A/45 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT 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 2225.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_2225.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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