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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW70F0132

1969-07-27 VENICE, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4059G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

S C AEROSTAR S A YAK-52

Year of manufacture

1984

Engine

AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20010626

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4C2CE

Registrant of record

SANKER PAUL M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4059G Bell 206A 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 206A · N4059G

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

240° / 12 kt

Temp

88° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,339 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,091

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EEL TO BREAK OUT OF ENG.SEVERED T/R DRIVE SHAFT.

Investigator remarks

TURBINE TIE BOLT NUT CAME OFF,ALLOWED TURBINE WH

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
88/C/90 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause
88/C/CB C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
74/C/PG C
POWERPLANT WHEEL TURBINE Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
78/B/BG B
ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY
88/B/CP B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SHEARED

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 2315. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2315.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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