NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC79FFS25
Registry · N3QB
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BRAND RICHARD J PROTEA
Year of manufacture
2011
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550-N (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20110506
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A31C00
Registrant of record
KETCHAM JAMES SCHUYLER TRUSTEE
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
BUSHBY 22 · N3QB
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
GENESE
Kind of flying
DA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000063
Total time
3 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,800
Age
56
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D INSECT BODIES FOUND INSIDE CASE.
Investigator remarks
AIRSPEED INDICATOR 11MPH HIGHER THAN NORMAL.DRIE
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 76/J/AB J INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES AIRSPEED Joint cause
- 84/J/G J MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS 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 3574.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3574.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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