NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC75AN046
Registry · N5412V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172RG
Year of manufacture
1980
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800606
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6DE55
Registrant of record
G & M AIRCRAFT INC
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
N.AMERICAN F-51D · N5412V
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Airport
CHESTER COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Serial number
000004473586
Total time
1,667 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
6,400
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
R CLIMB TO 6000FT.
Investigator remarks
EXTENSIVE DESTRUCTION & FRAGMENTATION.CLEARED IF
Cause factors
- 84/A/I A MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3288.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3288.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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