NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC74FHM16
Registry · N2863L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HYLIO INC AG 230
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2E711
Registrant of record
FREEDOM UAS CO
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
CESSNA 172H · N2863L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EC
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
STEWART
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
360° / 4 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017256063
Total time
754 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,473
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FUEL EX.MISSED APCH MADE ABV MDA.LAST ALT CK 1967.
Investigator remarks
LAST APCH ADVSD 45MIN FUEL REMAIN,RPTD OM INBND
Cause factors
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 88/C/23 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 83/B/I B TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
- 64/L/26 L PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
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 0264.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0264.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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