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NYC65A0110

1965-02-22 · JAMAICA, New York, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CONVAIR CV-240 · N1020C
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Airport
KENNEDY INTL

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
300° / 12 kt
Temp
23° F

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
17,932
Age
49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

G.G-FORCE TO LOCK LANDING GEAR DOWN BY FREE FALL.

Investigator remarks

CABIN ATTENDANT INJURED DURING APPLICATION OF NE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/30 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 75/A/BD A
    SYSTEMS RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0007. Source file NTSB_1965_1_0007.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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