NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC77DHD11
Registry · N8982W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-235
Year of manufacture
1966 · 11 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC65BF
Registrant of record
TORRES LEWIS A
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
DEHAVILLAND DH-114 · N6VM
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
LAGUARDIA
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000014146
Total time
8,308 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,000
Age
46
Investigator remarks
GEAR NOT FULLY CYCLED PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN.
Cause factors
- 64/A/39 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED 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 0422.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0422.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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