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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC82FA208

1982-08-24 CARTHAGE, Maine, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3728H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-4

Year of manufacture

1996

Engine

LYCOMING 0-360-A1D (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19961218

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A43EB1

Registrant of record

SEASHORE DAVID B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE DURING WHICH THE ENGINE SOUNDS CEASED. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND DESCENDED VERTICALLY TO THE GROUND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_NYC82FA208.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (stall). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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