NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC75DHA39
Registry · N1103S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORP S-76D
Year of manufacture
2013
TCDS
H1NE · SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORP
Engine
P&W CANADA PW210S (1077 hp)
Seats / Engines
14 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20130327
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02F05
Registrant of record
SCS 21 LLC
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
SCHWEIZER I-26E · N1103S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
320° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000503
Total time
400 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
530
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PEN FIELD,UNDERSHOT APPROACH,STRUCK TREE.
Investigator remarks
LOST ALTITUDE BEYOND RANGE OF AIRPORT,SELECTED O
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/L/27 L PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0787.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_0787.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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