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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FHM13

1978-04-14 TETERBORO, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N304RA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

S.O.C.A.T.A. RALLYE 150 ST

Year of manufacture

1977 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19771014

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A32FA6

Registrant of record

BRENDLE ROBERT E

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

RALLYE 150ST · N304RA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

TETERBORO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

330° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002862

Total time

266 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

205

Age

31

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 24 KTS.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 0631. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0631.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.