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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC70AN090

1970-02-15 WARWICK, Rhode Island, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

LEAR JET 24B · N754M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

T.F.GREEN STATE

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

280° / 8 kt

Temp

34° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000185

Total time

397 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

7,120

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RMED THAT BERM EXISTED.

Investigator remarks

STRUCK SNOW BERM LDG ON RWY 28. TWR WAS NOT INFO

Cause factors

  • 68/C/H2 C
    PERSONNEL IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL Cause
  • 80/C/BC C
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
  • 68/L/H1 L
    PERSONNEL FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION

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 0375. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0375.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.