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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76FFA52

1976-09-23 MARCY, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1117F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1

Year of manufacture

1958 · 18 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780504

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0333D

Registrant of record

ISLAND WINGS AIR SERVICE LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1117F Cessna 172G 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 172G · N1117F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

RIVERSIDE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017254712

Total time

1,932 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

765

Age

50

Investigator remarks

NR 6 CYL FAILED AT BASE FLANGE.

Cause factors

74/C/AD C
POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND

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 3381. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3381.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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