NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC76FNE16
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 ↗.
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