NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC72FFJ38
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
MCGOVERN PUSHER · N2783
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
TRI CITIES
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
62° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000JM1918
Total time
2 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
335
Age
30
Investigator remarks
FUEL CAP/VENT PLACED BACKWARDS. LND IN DUMP.
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 83/B/F B TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
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 0138.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0138.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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