NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC81IA057
Registry · N331CA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C10
Year of manufacture
2002
Engine
GE CF34 SERIES
Seats / Engines
80 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20021025
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A399B9
Registrant of record
DELTA AIR LINES INC
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
SHORTS SD3-30 · N331CA
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EY
Operator type
E
Airport
HARRISBURG INTL
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
250° / 6 kt
Temp
76° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000SH3015
Total time
5,467 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
7,400
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ROKEN WIRES ON DOWNLOCK SW,PN 216N9-10.
Investigator remarks
LNDD W UNSAFE INDICATION FOR R MAIN GEAR.FOUND B
Cause factors
- 70/A/CN A AIRFRAME SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 0047.
Source file
NTSB_1981_5_0047.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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