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EMERGENCY

EMERGENCY · 20 codes · NTSB Form 6120.4

Verbatim from the ct_Pre1982 table of PRE1982.MDB, the FAA-distributed pre-1982 NTSB accident database; used to decode every pre-1982 NTSB event page.

  • ** EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES
  • A LOW ON FUEL
  • B SMOKE IN COCKPIT
  • C PASSENGER DISTURBANCE
  • D FALSE FIRE WARNING
  • E LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM
  • F PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM
  • G DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM
  • H ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
  • I APPROACHING DARKNESS
  • J SUSPECTED OR KNOWN ACFT DMG
  • K SUSPECTED MECH DISCREPANCY
  • L DOOR/PANEL OPEN
  • M AIRFRAME BUFFET
  • N UNUSUAL NOISE
  • P PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PASSG
  • Q FUMES IN CABIN
  • R PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION
  • Y OTHER
  • Z UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED