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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC74FHJ32

1974-06-15 MATTITUCK, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4265Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172L

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19711021

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A514FF

Registrant of record

PARRISH AVIATION FLIGHT ACADEMY LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4265Q Cessna 182L 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 182L · N4265Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MATTITUCK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Wind

120° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00017260165

Total time

643 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

160

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ENCE.

Investigator remarks

T/D APRX 1000 FT BFR END OF RWY.ACFT SLID INTO F

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/82 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND 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 1538. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1538.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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