NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC71AN007
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 680-FL · N6501V
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Business
Airport
BUTLER-GRAHAM
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
240° / 5 kt
Temp
72° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00001592-112
Total time
1,002 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,532
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 158 MG PCT.
Investigator remarks
OBS SAW ACFT STALL FROM STEEP LOW ALT TURN. PLT
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/65 A PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/67 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT 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
3 1221.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1221.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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