NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC76DNA23
Registry · N4094
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M-18C
Year of manufacture
1952 · 23 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560117
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4D0F4
Registrant of record
KOPEC CRAIG 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
MOONEY M-18C · N4094
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
OTIS AFB
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000271
Total time
897 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
135
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
VENTING LDG GR EXTENSION,ACFT DIVERTED TO OTIS.
Investigator remarks
TKOF FM MUDDY RWY AT FALMOUTH ARPT,MUD FROZE PRE
Cause factors
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/G A MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY 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 4074.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_4074.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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