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CHI77FEM34

1977-07-21 · BYRON CENTER, Michigan, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BELL 47D · N64580
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C2
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
FARM PAD
Kind of flying
CB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000TWH9
Total time
187 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,800
Age
39

Cause factors

  • 64/A/18 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2238. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2238.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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