NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81FQG22
Registry · N34GD
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL UH-1H
Year of manufacture
1966 · 15 years old at event
Engine
HONEYWELL T53-L13B (1100 hp)
Seats / Engines
15 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20210715
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3BB8F
Registrant of record
DWIND HELICOPTER SERVICES 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
QUICKIE 01 · N34GD
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Airport
ABERNATHY
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
250° / 18 kt
Temp
79° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000162
Total time
15 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
3,000
Age
61
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 0485.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0485.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- arXiv 2023 · arXiv preprint
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 · Journal article (JAAER)
A Panel Study of Outsourced Maintenance Impact on Major U.S. Passenger Airlines' Profitability (1995-2019)
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