NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80DXQ11
Registry · N11102
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL 47G-3B-1
Year of manufacture
1965 · 14 years old at event
TCDS
2H3 · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC
Engine
LYCOMING TVO-435-GIA (280 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720607
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0325D
Registrant of record
FLY RIGHT AVIATION LLC
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 47G3B1 · N11102
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EY
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
DY
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000003351
Total time
7,262 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,977
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DOWN DURING LNDG.
Investigator remarks
CATTLE ROUNDUP.PLT ATTEMPTED FLARE TO SLOW ACFT
Cause factors
- 64/A/49 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/18 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. 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 3885.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3885.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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