NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA72AM067
Registry · N2681R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL 206B
TCDS
H2SW · BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA LTD
Engine
ALLISON 250-C20 SER (420 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20030602
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A29F40
Registrant of record
FARLEY DELBERT
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
CESSNA 182K · N2681R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000018258381
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
123
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SNDG OUT OF CLDS IN R BNK PRIOR TO IMPACT.
Investigator remarks
ACFT OBSRVD CLBG OVR TREES,ENTRG CLDS IN L BNK,D
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/09 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/AY A AIRFRAME OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/D3 A AIRFRAME HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/94 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 82/J/X J WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 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 0035.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0035.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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