NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC75AN066
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
BRITISH AC 1-11 · N1120J
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
A4
Airport
ALBANY
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000102
Total time
91,389 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
13,278
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WET ACFT STAIRS.RAIN FALLING.
Investigator remarks
WHILE DEPLANING,ELDERLY PSGR SLIPPED AND FELL FM
Cause factors
- 68/A/K4 A PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 76/J/CY J INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES OTHER Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN 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
1 0033.
Source file
NTSB_1974_1_0033.txt.
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