NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73FIG18
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
AERO COMDR 112 · N1014J
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
BAY BRIDGE
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
340° / 9 kt
Temp
42° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000014
Total time
50 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,070
Age
53
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
90 DEG L TURN,ACFT DSCNDD.
Investigator remarks
FINAL APCH GR DWN,TOO LOW TO CLR WIRES,PLT MADE
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 84/B/7 B MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
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 2672.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_2672.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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