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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX71FUG57

1971-03-18 LA VERNE, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N73212 Bell 47G3B 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 47G3B · N73212

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EI

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BRACKETT FIELD

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002748

Total time

4,344 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

3,509

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SOFT PLOWED FLD. CAME TO REST INVERTED.

Investigator remarks

PLT FAILED TO INSPCT LDG AREA. MADE FULL AUTO IN

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/A/A A
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/85 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Joint cause
88/J/AQ J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 0787. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0787.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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