NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA75DLG26
Registry · N9244
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ENSTROM F-28A
Year of manufacture
1974 · 1 years old at event
TCDS
H1CE · ENSTROM HELICOPTER CORP THE
Engine
LYCOMING HIO-360 SER (205 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20000410
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACCFEA
Registrant of record
REGISTRATION PENDING
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
ENSTROM F-28A · N9244
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EI
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
230° / 2 kt
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000202
Total time
444 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,500
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NK IN GRND ACFT NOSED OVER.
Investigator remarks
DURING AUTORATION LDG DEMO BY INSTR PLT SKIDS SU
Cause factors
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/85 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 83/J/A J TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 0761.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_0761.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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