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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC82FGM08

1981-12-26 BUTLER, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8537Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING 737-800

Year of manufacture

2017

TCDS

A16WE · BOEING CO

Engine

CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E/F

Seats / Engines

175 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20170618

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABB5E2

Registrant of record

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 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

HUMMER A · N8537Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

BUTLER COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 3 kt

Temp

38° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000049A

Total time

46 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Total hours

16

Age

31

Investigator remarks

EQUIPPED W 250CC ZENOAH ENG.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 64/L/31 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
  • 83/K/F K
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 3526. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3526.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.