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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73AN016

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

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 ↗.