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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC84FNA01

1983-10-08 FALMOUTH, Massachusetts, United States Airport · 5B6 Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT CIRCLED THE FIELD AND THEN CAME IN FOR LANDING. ON FINAL APRCH THE ACFT WAS IN A LEFT WING LOW CRAB. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT BOUNCED TOUCHED AGAIN AND THEN THE LEFT WING TOUCHED THE GROUND. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND THE ACFT BEGAN TO CLIMB AND TURN TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT RETARDED THE POWER TO ABOUT 1/2 THROTTLE AND ATTEMPTED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING, JUST SHORT OF A GROVE OF TREES. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_NYC84FNA01.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.