NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW80DQD14
Registry · N7221V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL UH-1H
Seats / Engines
15 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9AD89
Registrant of record
SCHAPER MONTE E
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
CALLAIR B1A · N7221V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DJ
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
135° / 5 kt
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000010034
Total time
3,998 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
13,950
Age
46
Investigator remarks
FUEL PUMP & INJECTION CONTROLLER FAILED.
Cause factors
- 74/C/CI C POWERPLANT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM Cause
- 74/C/CH C POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 84/B/7 B MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
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 1710.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1710.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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