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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DIA69F0128

1969-01-07 CUMBERLAND, Maryland, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N12620

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HELIO H-391B

Year of manufacture

1956 · 13 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING GO-435 (210 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680314

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A06CB3

Registrant of record

LAPOINT PAUL E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N12620 Helio H-391B 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

HELIO H-391B · N12620

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

D

Airport

CUMBERLAND

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

270° / 15 kt

Temp

28° F

Aircraft history

Total time

458 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

458

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TO 25K.GRNDLOOPED INTO PIPER N7747W,SUBST DAMAGE.

Investigator remarks

TAXIED TOO CLOSE TO PARKED ACFT.WINDS 15K,GUSTS

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/C/33 C
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
80/L/BP L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RAMP/TAXIWAY

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 0016. Source file NTSB_1969_3_0016.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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