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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN67A0007

1966-07-20 RIVERTON, Wyoming, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1332X Bell 47G3B1 Serious

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 · N1332X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Climb — initial (DA)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

B4

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 15 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Total time

52 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

475

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PILOT-INADVERTENT DOWNWIND LANDING.

Investigator remarks

ENG.QUIT WHILE EVADING BIRD.STRUCK BRUSH ON LDG.

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/44 B
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
84/B/J B
MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN 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 0681. Source file NTSB_1966_2_0681.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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