NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC75FHM21
Registry · N6961M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
STINSON 108-3
Year of manufacture
1949 · 26 years old at event
Engine
FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES (165 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560712
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A94387
Registrant of record
SOMMER KARL W
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
STINSON 108-3 · N6961M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
TETERBORO
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
310° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000108-4961
Total time
1,519 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
52
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TL.
Investigator remarks
DRG SLIP TO LNDG L GR STRUCK RWY HARD PLT LOST C
Cause factors
- 64/C/25 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/B/23 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
- 88/L/22 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
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 1803.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1803.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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