NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC79FGM47
Registry · N7FB
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEHNE TEENIE 2
Year of manufacture
1976 · 3 years old at event
Engine
VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION (36 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780816
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9505B
Registrant of record
JEDINAK RONALD W
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
TEENIE 2 · N7FB
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
GREENVILLE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
230° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Total time
166 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,665
Age
52
Investigator remarks
CYL #'S 2,3,&4 LEAKING.
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 74/C/AD C POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
- 88/C/AN C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOW COMPRESSION Cause
- 74/C/BA C POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
- 88/C/BX C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS GROUNDED 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 2985.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_2985.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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