NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW73FQG30
Registry · N1363W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL UH-1H
Year of manufacture
1966 · 7 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING T-53 SERIES (1150 hp)
Seats / Engines
15 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19950324
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A09451
Registrant of record
WITHROTOR AVIATION INC
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
MOONEY M20C · N1363W
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
DALHART MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000236
Total time
924 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
715
Age
36
Investigator remarks
DRG LDG APCH TO FROZEN LAKE,ACFT HIT WIRES.
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/22 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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
3 0024.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_0024.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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