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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76FHJ23

1976-06-24 JAMAICA, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

SHORT BROS SC7 · N10DA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

E

Airport

JF KENNEDY INTL

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 7 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000SH1873

Total time

7,682 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,785

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NOSE GR ASSEMBLY TORN LOOSE FM ITS MOUNTING.

Investigator remarks

L TURN INTO PARKING AREA USING DIFFERENTIAL PWR.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/23 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/21 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/94 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1781. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1781.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.