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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76DNA32

1976-03-28 STOW, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N251WW

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 411A

Year of manufacture

1967 · 9 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C (340 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A25D3E

Registrant of record

EBBERT THOMAS E DBA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N251WW Cessna 411A None

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

CESSNA 411A · N251WW

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

MINUTE MAN FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

060° / 25 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000004110251

Total time

3,130 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

793

Age

43

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 35 KTS.

Cause factors

64/A/39 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED 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 0686. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0686.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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