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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD79FLQ09

1979-03-12 RUSSELLVILLE, Kentucky, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1218W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA32-301XTC

Year of manufacture

2003

Engine

LYCOMING TIO 540 SER (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20031023

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A05AEE

Registrant of record

ONDRICK AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1218W Bell 47G4 Minor

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

BELL 47G4 · N1218W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

CG

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003353

Total time

5,760 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,026

Age

31

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
64/B/18 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M.
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

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 0584. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0584.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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