NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI76FEC47
Registry · N9043T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CONTINENTAL COPTERS INC TOMCAT MK5A
Year of manufacture
1975 · 1 years old at event
TCDS
H5SW · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC
Engine
LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19750117
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC80DB
Registrant of record
BLAIR HELICOPTER SERVICE INC
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
EL TOMCAT MK-5A · N9043T
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DD
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000CCI-74-10
Total time
496 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
10,702
Age
53
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OR LEVER.
Investigator remarks
SWASH-PLATE SWIVEL LINK STRAP SEPARATED FM SCISS
Cause factors
- 78/C/AC C ROTORCRAFT MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSEMBLIES Cause
- 88/C/BM C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED 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 2131.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_2131.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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