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NYC73IN104

1973-01-19 · FLUSHING, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N8122N has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BELL UH-1H), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BOEING 727-25 · N8122N
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Night
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
EE
Airport
LA GUARDIA

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
Z

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DIODE IN ANN PNL.GR HORN ON 84SECS,GR NOT RECYCLED

Investigator remarks

NS GR FAILED TO EXTEND,CAUSE NOT DTRMND.SHORTED

Cause factors

  • 64/A/20 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/39 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/J/CB J
    AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Joint cause
  • 70/J/CL J
    AIRFRAME LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS Joint cause
  • 88/J/BR J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 4 0001. Source file NTSB_1973_4_0001.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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