NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC79IA072
Registry · N724SA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LEARJET INC 31A
Year of manufacture
1993
Engine
GARRETT TFE731 SERIES
Seats / Engines
10 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19930622
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9B3F9
Registrant of record
ACCESS AVIATION 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
SHORT BROS SD3-30 · N724SA
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
E
Airport
READING MUNI
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
330° / 9 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,878
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UE IN SUNGEAR COUPLING.
Investigator remarks
ENGINE POWER TURBINE DISINTERGRATED DUE TO FATIG
Cause factors
- 74/A/PY A POWERPLANT OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/36 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
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
5 0046.
Source file
NTSB_1979_5_0046.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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