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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC73FAD06

1973-05-03 JUNEAU, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7817S Bell 206A None

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

BELL 206A · N7817S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

CK

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

225° / 10 kt

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000017

Total time

2,428 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

2,682

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FWD FM HOVER.INFLATABLE FLOATS NOT ARMED.

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 25K.SLING LOAD HIT T/R AFT STARTNG

Cause factors

64/C/50 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED Cause
78/C/AB C
ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR BLADES Cause
84/C/D C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE Cause
88/L/49 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
88/L/24 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/L/88 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
64/K/20 K
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. 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 1145. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1145.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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