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NYC73AN016

1972-06-21 · WASHINGTON, District of Columbia, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N162P has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (THOMAS M VOLZ ROTORWAY 162F, built 2023), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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