NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC72IN149
Registry · N9072U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA S550
Year of manufacture
1986
Engine
P&W CANADA JT15D-4
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20010614
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC8BDE
Registrant of record
N9072U LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
BOEING 737 · N9072U
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A4
Airport
GRTR PITTSBURGH
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,000
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
MISC-UNDUE HASTE IN EVAC DUE BOMB THREAT.
Investigator remarks
PAX DEPLANED WITH PERSONAL BELONGINGS.
Cause factors
- 84/A/J A MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action
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
4 0009.
Source file
NTSB_1972_4_0009.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
A preliminary study of a wake vortex encounter hazard boundary for a B737-100 airplane
A preliminary batch simulation study was conducted to define the wake decay required for a Boeing 737-100 airplane to safely encounter a Boeing 727 wake and land.
- NASA NTRS 2018 · Other
A Numerical Simulation Study to Develop an Acceptable Wake Encounter Boundary for a B737-100 Airplane
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is conducting research with the goal of enabling safe improvements in the capacity of the nation's air transportation system.
- NASA NTRS 2025 · Conference Paper
A Training Study to Improve Monitoring During A Go-Around
As part of an FAA program to improve go-around (GA) safety, we were asked to determine if we could improve the performance of the Pilot Monitoring (PM) during a GA maneuver.
- arXiv 2023 · arXiv preprint
Radar detection of wake vortex behind the aircraft: the detection range problem
In this study, we showcased the detection of the wake vortex produced by a medium aircraft at distances exceeding 10 km using an X-band pulse-Doppler radar.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 · Conference paper
Airline Pilot Risk Profiling by Using Unstable Approach Management Case
Risk and human decision-making cannot be separated from each other. Many of theories and studies have tried to analyze pilots’ decision-making processes, risk factors, and preference behavior in the a…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 · Journal article (IJAAA)
Historical Research and the case for a Fifth Component of SMS
Abstract Three tragic events from aviation history were examined using a Historical Research and Case Study Method. The events explored were the disasters of the Airship R101 (1930), the Space Shuttle…
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