NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC81FFA23
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
GULF AMER AA-5A · N26759
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
SNOW
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
77° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000AA5A-0698
Total time
1,169 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
32
Age
16
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 64/B/82 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
- 88/K/DH K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor
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 2900.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2900.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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