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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC79FA002

1978-10-08 KENAI, Alaska, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2215W Bell 205A-1 Fatal

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 205A-1 · N2215W

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Airport

GRAYLING PLATFORM

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

030° / 13 kt

Temp

43° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000030053

Total time

4,573 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

7,358

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HAIN HAD 21.5 HOURS SINCE INSTALLATION.

Investigator remarks

FLOAT EQUIPPED.TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL CHANGE C

Cause factors

78/C/C2 C
ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 4422. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4422.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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