NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC72FFJ39
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
EAA BIPLANE P · N4941
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
GENESEE COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
280° / 15 kt
Temp
45° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000001001-7
Total time
62 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
55
Age
17
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PLY ENG IN NOSE UP ATTITUDE.
Investigator remarks
INSUFFICIENT FUEL FOR GRAVITY FEED SYSTEM TO SUP
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
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
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 0406.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0406.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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