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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI80FEI02

1979-10-14 SALEM, Ohio, United States Minor 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7WW

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND MBB-BK117 D-3

Year of manufacture

2021

TCDS

H13EU · AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (AHD)

Engine

SAFRAN ARRIEL 2E (894 hp)

Seats / Engines

10 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20210803

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A951E5

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

WALTON JD1 · N7WW

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

SALEM PARK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

280° / 12 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000037

Total time

235 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

328

Age

36

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

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 2284. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2284.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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