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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC80FHJ13

1980-03-12 MATTITUCK, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2060E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172N

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1AAAA

Registrant of record

BLACKSTONE AIRCRAFT LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2060E Cessna 172N None

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 172N · N2060E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

MATTITUCK

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017271138

Total time

1,480 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,226

Age

24

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 25K.

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 0225. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0225.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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