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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC81FGM08

1980-12-10 NEW CUMBERLAND, West Virginia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 172H · N8237L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

HERRON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

315° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017256437

Total time

3,662 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

320

Age

25

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 15K.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3058. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3058.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.