NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC79DA054
Registry · N500TS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 525C
Year of manufacture
2015
Engine
WILLIAMS FJ44-4A
Seats / Engines
11 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20150828
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A63BAA
Registrant of record
TRUE SPEED ENTERPRISES II INC
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
TED SMITH TS-600 · N500TS
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
NAFEC
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
030° / 11 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
060-0500-162
Total time
1,215 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,870
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CY BECAUSE OF BLOCKED AIRSPACE IN BAL AREA.
Investigator remarks
PLT CONCERNED WITH OTR COMPANY TFC.FLT RTND TO A
Cause factors
- 64/A/10 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/08 J PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT 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 2629.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_2629.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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