NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC80FA079
Registry · N5168G
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 305A
Year of manufacture
1950 · 30 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800109
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A67B30
Registrant of record
FORSTER EDWARD J
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
CESSNA 305 · N5168G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
PLUM ISLAND
Kind of flying
CF
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
290° / 10 kt
Temp
86° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000021186
Total time
5,910 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
519
Age
19
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
VATOR.
Investigator remarks
DRG BANNER PICKUP,GRAPPLING HOOK/ROPE JAMMED ELE
Cause factors
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/D0 A AIRFRAME ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CD A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 1740.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1740.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- arXiv 2022 · arXiv preprint
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The thin runback water films driven by the gas flow, the pressure gradient and the gravity on the iced aircraft surface are investigated in this paper.
- arXiv 2021 · arXiv preprint
Data-driven turbulence modeling in separated flows considering physical mechanism analysis
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