NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC74FGM10
Registry · N2962T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AERO COMMANDER 200D
Year of manufacture
1966 · 7 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660916
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A30E74
Registrant of record
AVIATION DAYS LLC
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
AERO COMDR 200D · N2962T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000335
Total time
732 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
779
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FAILED.
Investigator remarks
RT TIRE JAMMED AGAINST TIRE FOLLOW-UP ROD-CABLE
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/BJ A AIRFRAME WHEEL WELL DOORS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BU A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FRAYED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/AH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE 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
3 3371.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_3371.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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