NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC80FNA26
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
PIPER PA-28 · N5910F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
D
Airport
CRANLAND
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
045° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0028-7725070
Total time
1,730 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
76
Age
32
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LL NOSE UP PSN.
Investigator remarks
SEAT SLID AFT,PLT UN REACH CTL PEDALS.TRIM IN FU
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/BI A AIRFRAME SEATS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/29 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
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 3042.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3042.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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