NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX74DUG31
Registry · N4741R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL 47G-5
TCDS
2H3 · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC
Engine
LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19860612
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5D281
Registrant of record
WILBUR-ELLIS CO
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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 47G-5 · N4741R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EI
Operator type
I
Airport
BRACKETT FIELD
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000007917
Total time
5,300 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
6,542
Age
47
Investigator remarks
PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.LND IN SOFT AREA.
Cause factors
- 65/A/35 A COPILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/85 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 80/J/BY J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 3823.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_3823.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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