NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC81DHA13
Registry · N32303
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-300
Year of manufacture
1974 · 7 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19741024
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A37BE9
Registrant of record
EAGLE AIR SOLUTIONS LLC
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
PIPER PA-32 · N32303
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
SEAMANS
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
290° / 15 kt
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0032-7540029
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
879
Age
53
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
.
Investigator remarks
R MAIN GEAR HIT CLIFF BLO RWY LVL.WND GSTG 25KTS
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 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 1608.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1608.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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