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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX72FUM19

1972-02-24 BRAWLEY, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1332X Bell 47G3B1 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 47G3B1 · N1332X

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EH

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

SERVICE AREA

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 1 kt

Temp

72° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000006553

Total time

2,154 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

12,406

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WHICH THE ACFT WAS UNCONTROLLABLE.

Investigator remarks

PLT SAID HE HEARD A LOUD POP AS HE FLARED AFTER

Cause factors

84/A/I A
MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1313. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1313.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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