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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79FUK10

1979-08-24 SOMERTON, Arizona, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N62902 Hiller UH-12E Fatal

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

HILLER UH-12E · N62902

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001096

Total time

12,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

7,000

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ROL BELLCRANK BACKED OUT.NUT,MS21042L5,MISSING.

Investigator remarks

BOLT,AN175-46A,CONNECTING FORE & AFT CYCLIC CONT

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
78/A/C0 A
ROTORCRAFT CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/BM A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED 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 2496. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2496.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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