NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW75FPD17
Registry · N17362
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING 737-8
Year of manufacture
2024
TCDS
A16WE · THE BOEING CO
Engine
CFM INTL LEAP-1B28 SER
Seats / Engines
175 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20241223
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A12797
Registrant of record
UNITED AIRLINES INC
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
TEENIE TWO · N17362
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
DANAHER
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
00005-960-E1
Total time
4 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
360
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TEMPTED RETURN TO AIRPORT AFTER POWER LOSS
Investigator remarks
PLT MODIFIED FUEL SYSTEM WITHOUT APPROVAL.PLT AT
Cause factors
- 74/C/CG C POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
- 88/C/47 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause
- 88/C/AD C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION Cause
- 88/C/CB C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
- 64/B/27 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 3544.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3544.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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