NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC76IN025
Registry · N9VS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHEMPP-HIRTH VENTUS 2CM
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
SOLO 2625 01 (53 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20020315
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC6C66
Registrant of record
VAN GRUNSVEN RICHARD E
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
SEMCO GAS-4 · N9VS
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
D
Classification
C
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000DYSSEY
Total time
41 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,760
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ED 130MI SSE.ENVELOPE NOT RCVRD,CAUSE OF LEAK UNK.
Investigator remarks
TRANS-ATLANTIC FLT.GAS ENVELOPE DVLPD LEAK,DITCH
Cause factors
- 75/A/CY A SYSTEMS OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AJ A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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
5 0020.
Source file
NTSB_1975_5_0020.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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