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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC80FHJ05

1979-12-09 SHIRLEY, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1360R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-1B

Year of manufacture

1976 · 3 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760926

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A093E3

Registrant of record

BRELAND JAMES G

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

GRUM AMER AA1B · N1360R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

BROOKHAVEN

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

315° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000AA1B-0660

Total time

1,569 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,134

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

6.HI RATE OF DESCENT.

Investigator remarks

SIMULATED FORCED LNDG AFTR TKOF RWY 33.LNDD RWY

Cause factors

  • 66/A/52 A
    DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/30 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/85 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS 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 3583. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3583.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.