NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC78FA097
Registry · N20285
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 120
Engine
CONT MOTOR C85-12 (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20060412
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A19CFF
Registrant of record
HANSON JONATHAN G
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
CESSNA 172M · N20285
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
BRADLEY INTL
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
180° / 6 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017261158
Total time
1,779 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,150
Age
57
Investigator remarks
LNDG GR BRUSHED TREES BTWN OUTER & MIDDLE MARKER
Cause factors
- 66/A/26 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/11 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ Joint cause
- 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 4276.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_4276.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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