NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC69A0054
Registry · N818PA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-7
Year of manufacture
2007
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20071005
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB285A
Registrant of record
FRAZIER HEIDI L
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 DC8 · N818PA
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
D1
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
20,384
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CTIONS.CREW SAID SEAT BLT SIGN ON ANNCMENT MADE.
Investigator remarks
PX SAID HAD SEAT BELT FASTENED LOOSELY,NO INSTRU
Cause factors
- 82/A/K A WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/K4 A PERSONNEL PASSENGER 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
1 0053.
Source file
NTSB_1968_1_0053.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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