NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC70A0021
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
AERO COMDR 1121 · N217PM
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B2
Operator type
Business
Airport
NIAGRA FALLS INTL
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000016
Total time
3,243 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
11,788
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PRIOR TO 2ND RUN.HIT RAILROAD TRACKS.
Investigator remarks
HI SPEED TAXI RUN,BRAKES NOT SUFFICIENTLY COOLED
Cause factors
- 64/A/22 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CJ A AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CI A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERHEATED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/94 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/52 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL Joint cause
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 3755.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_3755.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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