NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81FA093
Registry · N874
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL UH-1H
Year of manufacture
1965 · 16 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING T53L-703 (1400 hp)
Seats / Engines
15 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20110107
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC0531
Registrant of record
HIGH PERFORMANCE HELICOPTERS CORP
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
SIKORSKY S-55 · N874
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
PARTIAL OBSCURATION
Wind
260° / 2 kt
Temp
63° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000055-1004
Total time
10,101 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
7,013
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UT COULD NOT AGREE ON LVL OF ALC PRIOR TO ACCIDENT
Investigator remarks
4 SEP STUDIES DETERMINED BLD ALC LVL APPX .08% B
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 2413.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2413.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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