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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73FEC08

1972-08-28 BLISSFIELD, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2988W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 47G-5A

Year of manufacture

1972 · 0 years old at event

TCDS

2H3 · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC

Engine

LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19771219

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A316B7

Registrant of record

SCIBELLI CHRISTOPHER S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2988W Bell 47G-5A 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 47G-5A · N2988W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DH

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

BETZ

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000025069

Total time

238 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,649

Age

20

Cause factors

74/C/CE C
POWERPLANT FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION 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 3283. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3283.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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