NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC75AN081
Registry · N10AS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28R-200
Year of manufacture
1972 · 3 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720509
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0026C
Registrant of record
CREWSON GARY
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
VOLPAR TC45J · N10AS
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C8
Operator type
E
Airport
NORWOOD MEMORIAL
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000039904
Total time
8,915 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,500
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
T AN 179-53A MISSING.
Investigator remarks
SPACER CONNECTING DRAG LINK TO STRUT SHEARED.BOL
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CM A AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CB A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED 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 0028.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_0028.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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