NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73IN104
Registry · N8122N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL UH-1H
Seats / Engines
15 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB1375
Registrant of record
US DEPT OF STATE INL/A
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
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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
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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