NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC80FA052
Registry · N544H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ENSTROM F-28C
TCDS
H1CE · ENSTROM HELICOPTER CORP THE
Engine
LYCOMING HIO-360 SER (205 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19820513
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6E777
Registrant of record
LRH EQUIPMENT LLC
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
ENSTROM F-28-C · N544H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
G
Airport
TALKEETNA STATE
Kind of flying
DQ
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
235° / 4 kt
Temp
58° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000335
Total time
780 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,047
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G OF T/R GEAR BOX,PN 28-135000,FAILED.
Investigator remarks
OIL LEAKED OUT OF T/R GEARBOX SEAL.OUTPUT BEARIN
Cause factors
- 78/C/BH C ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX Cause
- 88/C/80 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 83/K/A K TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 3166.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3166.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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