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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC81FHD07

1980-11-07 VINELAND, New Jersey, United States Serious 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 177RG · N610QR

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

MILLVILLE MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

200° / 10 kt

Temp

53° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000177RG0931

Total time

1,048 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

585

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SEL FOUND IN OFF PSN.

Investigator remarks

LNDD IN PARKING LOT AT NGT.5 VEHICLES DMGD.FUEL

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 83/K/Y K
    TERRAIN OTHER 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 3529. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3529.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.