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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX72FUG63

1972-03-29 LA VERNE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2239W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 206A

Year of manufacture

1969 · 3 years old at event

TCDS

H2SW · BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA LTD

Engine

ALLISON 250 SER 250HP (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19791023

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1EFCE

Registrant of record

MUGSYS CHOPPER LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2239W Bell 206A 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 206A · N2239W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EI

Operator type

Business

Airport

BRACKETT FIELD

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000461

Total time

982 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,471

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TO REST.DMGD TAIL ROTOR.

Investigator remarks

HIT ON FRONT OF SKID,ROTATED 5 TIMES BFR COMING

Cause factors

66/C/21 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
78/L/AB L
ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR BLADES
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 1102. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1102.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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