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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC74FNA42

1974-06-08 NEWBURYPORT, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N892RC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-260

Year of manufacture

1966 · 8 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660211

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC4E3C

Registrant of record

SMW-CJH CORP

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N892RC Piper PA-24 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

PIPER PA-24 · N892RC

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

PLUM ISLAND

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

130° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-4379

Total time

1,666 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,000

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DE.NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

Investigator remarks

LANDED SHORT OF PAVED RUNWAY IN NOSE DOWN ATTITU

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
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 1500. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1500.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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