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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76FNE16

1976-02-28 WINDSOR LOCKS, Connecticut, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N84760

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172K

Year of manufacture

1969 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19691007

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB9D1D

Registrant of record

BURNETTE ROBERT C

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

CESSNA 172K · N84760

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

BRADLEY INTL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

320° / 20 kt

Temp

56° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017258605

Total time

1,487 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

140

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ND GUSTING 35K.DRG TURN OFF RWY ACFT UPSET.

Investigator remarks

SIGMET ALFA WARNING WINDS IN EXCESS 30K DVLPG.WI

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/38 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 0522. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0522.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.