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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC81FA044

1981-05-04 MATTITUCK, New York, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2HD

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-8

Engine

LYCOMING O-360-A1A (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20120710

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A18E04

Registrant of record

DELAPP DOUGLAS T

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2HD Piper PA-23 Serious

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-23 · N2HD

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MATTITUCK AIRBASE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

040° / 20 kt

Temp

56° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000023-362

Total time

3,971 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

442

Age

22

Investigator remarks

ACFT DITCHED IN WAIST DEEP WATER.

Cause factors

64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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 1502. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1502.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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