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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ATL82FKG06

1981-11-07 SAVANNAH, Georgia, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5700L Enstrom 280C 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

ENSTROM 280C · N5700L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D4

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

DC

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 4 kt

Temp

66° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001222

Total time

42 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,660

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

COLLECTIVE,HELICOPTER SETTLED.

Investigator remarks

PAX SAID ROTOR RPM DECREASED IN HOVER,PLT PULLED

Cause factors

64/A/23 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/J/18 J
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. Joint 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 2961. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2961.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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