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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72AN166

1972-06-28 JAMAICA, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4CP

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GVIII-G800

Year of manufacture

2025

Engine

ROLLS DEUT BR700-730B214

Seats / Engines

9 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20250807

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4A82F

Registrant of record

PEAK ENTERPRISES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4CP Grumman G-1159 None

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

GRUMMAN G-1159 · N4CP

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Airport

JFK INTL

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000071

Total time

1,785 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SELAGE FIRE DMGD.ANTI-SKID INOP,DMGD TIRES,LDG GR.

Investigator remarks

THERMAL RUNAWAY OF NR 1 BATT,REASON UNDET.AFT FU

Cause factors

75/C/AA C
SYSTEMS BATTERIES Cause
88/C/CI C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERHEATED Cause
88/C/DB C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN EMPENNAGE Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/L/33 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE
88/L/AL L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED

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 1253. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1253.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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