NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC81FA052
Registry · N1087S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH B36TC
Year of manufacture
1996
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19960417
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A025CA
Registrant of record
VOLITATION VENTURES 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
BELL 206B · N1087S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
120° / 5 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002946
Total time
750 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,100
Age
32
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
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 1306.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1306.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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