NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA76FKG42
Registry · N3GF
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ENSTROM HELICOPTER CORP 280F
Year of manufacture
1992
TCDS
H1CE · ENSTROM HELICOPTER CORP THE
Engine
LYCOMING HIO-360 SER (205 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19980914
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A31B3C
Registrant of record
RHOADS TIMOTHY C
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 TH13T · N3GF
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
H
Airport
CHARLIE BROWN CO
Kind of flying
DQ
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
200° / 7 kt
Temp
72° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000006417857
Total time
4,456 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,278
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NOT USED TO SECURE COMPONENTS.
Investigator remarks
THROTTLE LINKAGE CAME LOOSE AT CARB.SAFETY WIRE
Cause factors
- 68/C/D0 C PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
- 74/C/I0 C POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
- 88/C/29 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
- 88/C/BM C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
- 64/B/23 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
- 64/B/49 B PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE
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 0352.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_0352.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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