NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC80FA035
Registry · N257H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 525B
Year of manufacture
2007
Engine
WILLIAMS FJ44-3A
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20180717
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2722E
Registrant of record
CARTAM 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
LOCKHEED 1329 · N257H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
LAGUARDIA
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
250° / 13 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000005230
Total time
505 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
12,000
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CRD REVERSERS DEPLOYED IN AIR.
Investigator remarks
ENG THRUST REVERSERS ACTIVATED ON GND,PITCH-UP O
Cause factors
- 65/C/46 C COPILOT Cause
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 64/B/82 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
- 64/L/21 L PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
- 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 0519.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_0519.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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