NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC72FNA33
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
PIPER PA-24 · N7453P
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
NORWOOD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000024-2642
Total time
2,299 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
418
Age
43
Investigator remarks
GR NOT LOWERED MANUALLY AFT ELEC FAILURE.
Cause factors
- 64/A/39 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/07 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/J/CB J AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Joint cause
- 75/J/AM J SYSTEMS PROTECTIVE DEVICES Joint cause
- 88/J/33 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE Joint cause
- 88/J/AL J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED 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 1024.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_1024.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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