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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72AM067

1972-01-09 SPRINGFIELD, Tennessee, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.