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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75AC081

1975-05-04 VICKSBURG, Michigan, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7065R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA

Year of manufacture

2013

TCDS

H10WE · ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO

Engine

LYCOMING O-360-J2A (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20130813

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A96DEF

Registrant of record

JETS TO HELIS LLC DBA

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

PIPER PA-28 · N7065R

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

300° / 10 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-21765

Total time

3,795 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

153

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ACDT AREA 100 BKN 4 MI VIS.OBSVD IN 45 DEG DSCNT.

Investigator remarks

SPECIAL VFR,WX 500 BKN 700 OVCST 4 MI VIS.WX IN

Cause factors

  • 64/A/04 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/28 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
  • 64/A/66 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/C J
    WEATHER FOG 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 1192. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1192.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.