NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI80FEG19
Registry · N51789
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ENSTROM F-28C
Year of manufacture
1978 · 2 years old at event
TCDS
H1CE · ENSTROM HELICOPTER CORP THE
Engine
LYCOMING HIO-360 SER (205 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19781219
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A67F02
Registrant of record
BREYER CHARLES A
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
ENSTROM F-28 · N51789
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
GREENE COUNTY
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
050° / 7 kt
Temp
79° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000454-2
Total time
230 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,719
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N REASON.
Investigator remarks
ANTI-TORQUE PEDALS LOST EFFECTIVENESS FOR UNKNOW
Cause factors
- 78/A/C2 A ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BR A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 1130.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1130.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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