NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC71FNA59
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
DEHAVILLAND DH 104 · N375JC
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Operator type
Business
Airport
LOGAN INTL
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000004338
Total time
6,258 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,991
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DMG DTMND 6/15/72-RPTD.LGT OPN UNKN DUE TIME LAPSE
Investigator remarks
ADVY-PART RWY 22R CLSD.ENTRD,HIT PORT CONST LGT.
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BY J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 0504.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0504.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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