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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX72FUG39

1971-12-15 LA VERNE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N514SF Bell 47B 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 47B · N514SF

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EI

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BRACKETT FLD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000030

Total time

5,926 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

266

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GND,HEL BOUNCED,LNDD HARD,ROLLED OVER.

Investigator remarks

PLT MADE TAIL LOW LDG FM A PRACTICE AUTO,T/R HIT

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/C/62 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause
88/C/85 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS 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 3349. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3349.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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