NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC76FGT05
Registry · N6485
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHEMPP-HIRTH STANDARD CIRRUS
Year of manufacture
1971 · 4 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19710803
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A885FA
Registrant of record
ATKINSON GARY R
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
SCHEMP CIRRUS · N6485
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
CHARNTA
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000127
Total time
409 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,695
Age
54
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
STRUCK LEE SIDE OF MTN.ACFT WHEEL EQPD.
Investigator remarks
LOSS OF LIFT DUE TO WIND SHIFT ON GLIDER FLIGHT.
Cause factors
- 82/A/H A WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/Y J TERRAIN OTHER Joint cause
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING 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 2728.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2728.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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