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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC77FHJ11

1977-03-05 RIVERHEAD, New York, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8583

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 7ECA

Year of manufacture

1973 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730223

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABC7D1

Registrant of record

TOTORIGE CARSON J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8583 Bellanca 7ECA Minor

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

BELLANCA 7ECA · N8583

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

D

Airport

RIVERHEAD AIRPARK

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

240° / 25 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000916-73

Total time

1,901 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

300

Age

46

Cause factors

64/A/54 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/J/I J
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0411. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0411.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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