NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC76DNC43
Registry · N2143T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-140
Year of manufacture
1971 · 5 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19710510
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1CB31
Registrant of record
RAHIM SHAMIM INC
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
PIPER PA-28 · N2143T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
POST MILLS
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
360° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000007125454
Total time
1,943 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,402
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OW BANK ON APCH END OF RWY.WIND GUSTING 20K.
Investigator remarks
ENTRD HI SINK RATE ABT 50FT AGL.STRUCK 7FT HI SN
Cause factors
- 64/A/80 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause
- 80/J/BD J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS Joint cause
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 0731.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_0731.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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