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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC81FFA07

1980-11-18 GLENS FALLS, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N20MA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 690B

Year of manufacture

1978 · 2 years old at event

Engine

AIRESEARCH TPE331-5&6SER (776 hp)

Seats / Engines

11 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19920713

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A190BE

Registrant of record

OBERON MANAGEMENT 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

AERO COMDR 500-A · N20MA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

WARREN COUNTY

Kind of flying

CN

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

010° / 12 kt

Temp

30° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001151-63

Total time

4,140 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,941

Age

37

Cause factors

  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/74 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/13 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Joint cause
  • 82/J/D J
    WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
  • 82/J/F J
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. 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 3498. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3498.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.