NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC77IA027
Registry · N517T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AEROPRO CZ A220
Year of manufacture
2015
Engine
ROTAX 912ULS SERIES (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20160317
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A67D19
Registrant of record
OTTERSON GREGORY J
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
FAIRCHILD F-27J · N517T
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
PHILADELPHIA INTL
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
290° / 12 kt
Temp
17° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000126
Total time
5,435 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
4,891
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
GR HANDLE UP, NSE GR TRANSIT POS, MN GR DN LOCKED
Investigator remarks
LDG GR GRND LOCKS NOT REMOVED PRIOR TO TKOF. LDG
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING 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
5 0001.
Source file
NTSB_1977_5_0001.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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