NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD71FKM05
Registry · N7532R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA
Year of manufacture
2004
TCDS
H10WE · ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO
Engine
LYCOMING O-360 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20040211
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA27DC
Registrant of record
SPITZER HELICOPTER 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
PIPER PA-28 · N7532R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
D
Airport
BEECH MOUNTAIN
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000028-22093
Total time
2,398 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
781
Age
24
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CTOR TO VFR APT NOT FEASIBLE.FUEL REMAIN UNDET.
Investigator remarks
DEP WITH 10 GAL BELOW MAX FUEL.CONT FLT UNTIL VE
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 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 1207.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1207.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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