NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC75DFA41
Registry · N108Q
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN TBM-3
Engine
WRIGHT R-2600-20 (1900 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20150410
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A023CA
Registrant of record
CASTLE AIR MUSEUM
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
GRUMMAN TBM · N108Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000091188
Total time
2,128 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
7,300
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
P WHEELS UP.
Investigator remarks
DURING CLIMB OUT ENGINE FAILED ACFT LNDD IN SWAM
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 88/B/DG B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
- 83/K/A K TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 3131.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3131.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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