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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79FUG08

1978-12-08 RIVERSIDE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N11H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HOEFFEL JAN HOEFFEL SX300

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19930629

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A02A89

Registrant of record

GONZALEZ RICHARD J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N11H Bell 47D1 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 47D1 · N11H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B9

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 10 kt

Temp

27° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000011

Total time

699 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

6,978

Age

30

Investigator remarks

FROST CONTROL.

Cause factors

78/C/AB C
ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR BLADES Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 3370. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3370.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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