NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75FEP10
Registry · N181J
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AGUSTAWESTLAND PHILADELPHIA AW139
Year of manufacture
2018
TCDS
R00002RD · LEONARDO S P A
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6C-67C (1679 hp)
Seats / Engines
17 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20220711
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1452B
Registrant of record
POWDERBIRD 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
ACRO DUSTER SA-700 · N181J
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
FOND DU LAC
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 8 kt
Temp
77° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Total time
187 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,651
Age
24
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
BLOCKED.LNDD IN WHEAT FIELD.
Investigator remarks
ALT AIR DOOR HINGES WORN,PIN MISSING.AIR INTAKE
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 74/C/CL C POWERPLANT RAM AIR ASSEMBLY Cause
- 88/C/BQ C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause
- 88/C/90 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause
- 88/C/BM C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
- 83/B/D B TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION
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 2116.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_2116.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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