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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW80DQD14

1980-07-29 DEMING, New Mexico, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.