NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD76II046
Registry · N26210
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING 737-824
Year of manufacture
1998
Engine
CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES (2200 hp)
Seats / Engines
149 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19980622
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A288FF
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
NORD-AVION 262 · N26210
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
DULLES INTL
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000026210
Total time
12,952 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
7,000
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EELS SEEPED BY GARLOCK SEAL INTO TOP OF CYL.
Investigator remarks
R LNDG GR ACTUATOR P/N 9890.WATER SPLASHED BY WH
Cause factors
- 68/A/J2 A PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/G A MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
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
5 0003.
Source file
NTSB_1976_5_0003.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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