NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI79FEK02
Registry · N1020G
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS INC AS350B3
Year of manufacture
2016
TCDS
H9EU · AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
Engine
TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2D (802 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20161026
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00E81
Registrant of record
HELIFUN EXPEDITIONS 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
STITTS PLBY SA3B · N1020G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
FORTMAN
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
130° / 13 kt
Temp
37° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000P548
Total time
173 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
285
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HANDLE.
Investigator remarks
FLEX DRIVE SHAFT BETWEEN FUEL SELECTOR VALVE AND
Cause factors
- 64/C/01 C PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
- 68/C/J2 C PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause
- 74/C/CY C POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 83/K/F K TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
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 3322.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3322.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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