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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC81FGT09

1981-07-14 BROGUE, Pennsylvania, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N51357

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

THURNHEER DANIEL FLIGHTSTAR II

Year of manufacture

2000

Engine

ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20140414

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A66FBB

Registrant of record

SALE REPORTED

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N51357 Cessna 172P Minor

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 172P · N51357

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

BAUBLITZ

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

360° / 10 kt

Temp

73° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00172-74-301

Total time

88 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

815

Age

57

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.

Investigator remarks

STRUCK RWY LGTS & CINDER BLOCKS NR L EDGE OF RWY

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 2007. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2007.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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