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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78DFA15

1978-02-12 KINGSTON, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5871L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN AA-5

Year of manufacture

1972 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720426

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7926F

Registrant of record

SLEEPER JAMES A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5871L GRUM AMER AA5 None

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

GRUM AMER AA5 · N5871L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

KINGSTON ULSTER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

330° / 15 kt

Temp

33° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA5-0071

Total time

1,107 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

220

Age

34

Investigator remarks

PLT RPTD WIND GUSTY.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
80/K/BD K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS Joint factor

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 0431. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0431.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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