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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN79FQA06

1978-10-29 ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N83029

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-236

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19821110

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB5B1A

Registrant of record

TRAVIS AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N83029 Bell 47G3B2 None

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 47G3B2 · N83029

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B8

Operator type

D

Airport

CORONADO

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000006851

Total time

1,397 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,030

Age

36

Investigator remarks

PEAK WIND GUST 15 KTS.

Cause factors

64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/18 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. 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 4163. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4163.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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