NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX75AL046
Registry · N424SF
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22
Year of manufacture
2015
TCDS
H10WE · ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO
Engine
LYCOMING O-360-J2A (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20150401
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A50C11
Registrant of record
JETS TO HELIS LLC DBA
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
DEHAVILLAND DH-104 · N424SF
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000004335
Total time
7,538 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
6,000
Age
40
Investigator remarks
BOTH GEN & BATT FAILED.RCVR: 3/8/75.
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/33 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 1118.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1118.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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