NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73FFJ19
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
CAMAIR 480 · N216
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
DUNKIRK
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
350° / 15 kt
Temp
30° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000001-060
Total time
1,611 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
516
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NOTED.ACFT OTR DIRECTION MADE SHARP L TURN.
Investigator remarks
PLT THOUGHT ENOUGH FUEL FOR SHORT FLT.DNWND APCH
Cause factors
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 84/B/7 B MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
- 88/L/48 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
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 0632.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_0632.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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