NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73AN016
Registry · N162P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
THOMAS M VOLZ ROTORWAY 162F
Year of manufacture
2023
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20230409
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0FA61
Registrant of record
L&K AVIATION HOLDINGS 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
NIHON YS-11A · N162P
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
ED
Airport
WASHINGTON NATL
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
15,000
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
E AGNES IN AREA.
Investigator remarks
STEWARDESS LEFT SEAT TO ANSWER PAX CALL.HURRICAN
Cause factors
- 82/A/L A WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/R A WEATHER HURRICANE,CYCLONE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/R A PERSONNEL FLIGHT PERSONNEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/12 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/CZ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT SIGN ON 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
1 0026.
Source file
NTSB_1972_1_0026.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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