NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC79FA021
Registry · N135W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CCX-2000-0111 LLC CCX-2000
Year of manufacture
2020
Engine
LYCOMING CC363I (186 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20201111
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A08FB8
Registrant of record
CCX-2000-0111 LLC
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
BEECH H18 · N135W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
GREATER PITTSBURG
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
240° / 15 kt
Temp
21° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000BA-643
Total time
8,926 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,008
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IN,SPEC STATE .008IN.T W SECURED DOWN.2 AD'S NCW.
Investigator remarks
ACFT 263LBS OVER G/W.MAG BREAKER PTS .002 + .003
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 64/B/29 B PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
- 88/B/76 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G.
- 68/L/D6 L PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
- 74/L/BA L POWERPLANT MAGNETOS
- 88/L/47 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT
- 88/L/AD L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION
- 80/K/BD K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS Joint factor
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1863.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1863.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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