NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DCA76AZ010
Registry · N1032F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL OH-58A
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0127D
Registrant of record
WASHOE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
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
DOUGLAS DC-10 · N1032F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Airport
JFK INTL
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
160° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000046826
Total time
8,193 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
25,000
Age
55
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IRE.
Investigator remarks
INGESTED SEA GULLS.#3 ENG DISINTEGRATED,CAUGHT F
Cause factors
- 74/C/KB C POWERPLANT BIRD INGESTION Cause
- 88/C/51 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause
- 88/B/38 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDRAULIC FAILURE
- 70/B/CJ B AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
- 88/B/44 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS THRUST-UNABLE TO REVERSE
- 80/B/BA B AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
- 68/L/H3 L PERSONNEL IMPROPER OPERATION OF FACILITIES
- 68/L/J6 L PERSONNEL OTHER
- 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
1 0021.
Source file
NTSB_1975_1_0021.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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