NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC81FNA20
Registry · N947ET
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA U206F
Year of manufacture
1973 · 8 years old at event
TCDS
A4CE · TEXTRON AVIATION INC
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740107
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD279F
Registrant of record
GRANITE STATE AERIAL TOPOGRAPHY 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
PIPER PA-32 · N947ET
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
FALMOUTH
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 5 kt
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000032-4025
Total time
2,909 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,054
Age
38
Cause factors
- 64/C/25 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 82/L/K L WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR
- 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 2871.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2871.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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