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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC80FNC15

1980-03-13 PORTLAND, Maine, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1016X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20M

Year of manufacture

2000

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20001214

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A00BAB

Registrant of record

RADIAL HOLDINGS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1016X Piper PA-28 Minor

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 · N1016X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

PORTLAND INTL

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

060° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7525258

Total time

2,627 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

13

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

STEERING.UN TURN BACK TO RWY.HIT TREE,FORCED LNDG.

Investigator remarks

PROP HIT,3BOUNCES.RUDDER CNCTD TO DMGD NOSE WHL/

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
74/K/FA K
POWERPLANT BLADES Joint factor
88/K/AZ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BENT Joint factor
88/K/CV K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE Joint factor
70/K/CY K
AIRFRAME OTHER Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
75/K/CE K
SYSTEMS RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Joint factor
88/K/CD K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Joint factor
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 0814. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0814.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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