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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX70D0198

1969-11-05 PARKER, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N614

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 206B

TCDS

H2SW · BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA LTD

Engine

ALLISON 250 SER 400HP (400 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19731218

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7FD99

Registrant of record

N614 LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N614 Bell 47G3B1 None

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 47G3B1 · N614

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

G

Kind of flying

CG

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002829

Total time

3,371 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

5,500

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

0-605-1.

Investigator remarks

T/R DRIVESHAFT ALIGNMENT BEARING FAILED,P/N47-62

Cause factors

78/C/BG C
ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY Cause
78/C/AH C
ROTORCRAFT BEARINGS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 2843. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2843.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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