NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC78FNE26
Registry · N557D
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LANCAIR LEGACY
Year of manufacture
2010
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550-G (280 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20100811
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A719B7
Registrant of record
DOELL JAMES T
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
SCHEMP HS7 · N557D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
240° / 10 kt
Temp
92° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000002
Total time
45 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
721
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
COUNTRY FLT.PILOT DOES NOT REMEMBER OCCURRENCE.
Investigator remarks
PILOT EXPOSED TO HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING CROSS
Cause factors
- 84/A/I A MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/U J WEATHER HIGH TEMPERATURE 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 2335.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2335.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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