NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW78FPG16
Registry · N972AC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND MBB-BK117 D-3
Year of manufacture
2022
TCDS
H13EU · AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (AHD)
Engine
SAFRAN ARRIEL 2E (894 hp)
Seats / Engines
10 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20221017
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD8B16
Registrant of record
VERTICAL AVIATION NO 1 LLC
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
CESSNA 310Q · N972AC
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
FORT SMITH MUNI
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
060° / 8 kt
Temp
31° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000310Q-0792
Total time
1,862 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
5,600
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SHY,RETURNING TO LAND.ATT INDC CKD OK AFTR ACDNT.
Investigator remarks
AFTR TKOF PLT RPRTD ATT INDC NOT FUNCT & ACFT MU
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
- 80/J/BB J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY 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 0038.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_0038.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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