NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73FNC73
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
PIPER J3-65 · N42571
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
AUGUSTA STATE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000014852
Total time
1,233 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,559
Age
55
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G ROLL WHEEL CAME OFF,LOST RETAIN NUT.
Investigator remarks
UNLICENSED AIRCRAFT,FERRY PERMIT NOT OBTAINED.DR
Cause factors
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CA A AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/90 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 1307.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1307.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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