NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC80DHA29
Registry · N83TT
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER AEROSTAR 601P
Year of manufacture
1979 · 1 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19791117
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB57BC
Registrant of record
L1 AIR 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
SCHWEIZER SGS126 · N83TT
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
270° / 10 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000485
Total time
95 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
112
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AREA OF DSNDG AIR NR MT SALEM.LNDD IN WOODED AREA.
Investigator remarks
SINGLE WHL GLIDER.WNDS GSTG 20KTS.PLT FLEW INTO
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/M J WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 2000.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2000.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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