NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC77FA092
Registry · N7885A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING 737-76N
Year of manufacture
2002
Engine
CFM INTL CFM56-7B24
Seats / Engines
149 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20170213
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAB146
Registrant of record
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO
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
NORD-AVION 262 · N7885A
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000021
Total time
11,300 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FLT ATTENDANT GOT UP TO SEAT PAX.
Investigator remarks
CABIN PERSONNEL WARNED TO BE SEATED. PAX GOT UP,
Cause factors
- 82/A/L A WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/R0 A PERSONNEL FLIGHT ATTENDANT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/12 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/CZ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT SIGN ON 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 3017.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_3017.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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