NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC71AN074
Registry · N453PA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING 747-46NF
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
GE CF6-80 SERIES
Seats / Engines
366 seats · 4 engines
Last airworthiness date
20010822
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A57E87
Registrant of record
ATLAS AIR INC
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
BOEING 707 · N453PA
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000019374
Total time
11,771 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
28,628
Age
58
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RED WHEN TORN FROM MOTHERS ARMS.
Investigator remarks
EXTREME TURB ENCOUNTERED,WAS NOT FCST. BABY INJU
Cause factors
- 82/A/K A WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/CZ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT SIGN ON Joint cause
- 68/J/F0 J PERSONNEL INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST 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
1 0052.
Source file
NTSB_1970_1_0052.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- arXiv 2019 · arXiv preprint
ALFA: A Dataset for UAV Fault and Anomaly Detection
We present a dataset of several fault types in control surfaces of a fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for use in Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) and Anomaly Detection (AD) research.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Fatigue crack propagation in aluminum-lithium alloys
The principal mechanisms which govern the fatigue crack propagation resistance of aluminum-lithium alloys are investigated, with emphasis on their behavior in controlled gaseous and aqueous environmen…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2015 · Journal article (JAAER)
Assessing Computer Vision Syndrome Risk for Pilots
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