NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN66A0016
Registry · N1169W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL 47G-3B-1
Year of manufacture
1966
TCDS
2H3 · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19980810
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A04625
Registrant of record
TWO WISE GUYS AVIATION 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
BELL 47G3B1 · N1169W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
CY
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
250° / 15 kt
Temp
49° F
Aircraft history
Total time
163 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,250
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ND DIRECTION
Investigator remarks
FIRE PATROL.GROUND SIGNALMAN GAVE PILOT WRONG WI
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/18 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/K1 A PERSONNEL GROUND SIGNALMAN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint 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
2 0550.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0550.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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