NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC76FFJ31
Registry · N1SH
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 390
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0019A
Registrant of record
LUX 11 HOLDINGS LLC
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
PIAGGO 136-L2 · N1SH
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
190° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000235
Total time
2,972 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
700
Age
56
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL OF ACFT.
Investigator remarks
PILOT SEAT 0905/C FAILED DURING TAKEOFF CAUSING
Cause factors
- 70/C/BI C AIRFRAME SEATS Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor
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 2883.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_2883.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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