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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC70AN128

1970-06-09 BANGOR, Maine, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8787R Douglas DC-8F Serious

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 DC-8F · N8787R

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Airport

BANGOR INTL

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000045898

Total time

10,505 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

21,234

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MISC-NR 7 ESCAPE CHUTE RUPTURED DURING EVACUATION.

Investigator remarks

2 TIRES OF R MLG BLEW OUT.IGNITED WHEEL WELL.

Cause factors

70/C/CF C
AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/52 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL Cause
84/B/J B
MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN 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 1 0029. Source file NTSB_1970_1_0029.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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