NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC75AN063
Registry · N142H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172A
Year of manufacture
1960 · 14 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19600119
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0AACD
Registrant of record
BONSER THOMAS A
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 L-4B · N142H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
SKY HAVEN
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Temp
43° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000009931
Total time
1,600 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,958
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EA HEAVILY TRAVELED BY DEER.ABT 36LB OVR TKOF GWT.
Investigator remarks
LOST CTL IN STEEP BANK AT TREE TOP LVL.WOODED AR
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/14 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/08 J PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. 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 3286.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3286.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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