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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ATL81FA091

1981-07-07 TOCCOA, Georgia, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N22353

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 47G-4A

Year of manufacture

1970 · 11 years old at event

TCDS

2H3 · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC

Engine

LYCOMING VO-540 SER (305 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20040330

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1EF49

Registrant of record

RYE CORP LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N22353 Cessna 150H Minor

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

CESSNA 150H · N22353

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

360° / 10 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015068231

Total time

3,746 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

57

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FOUND 20FT FM ENG,OIL FILLER NECK WAS NOT DMGD.

Investigator remarks

ENG FAILED AFTER LOSS OF OIL PRES.OIL DIP STICK

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/81 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM Cause

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 1508. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1508.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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