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MIA77DLG20

1977-06-25 · OSWEGO, South Carolina, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N586T has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (SLING AIRCRAFT (PTY) LTD SLING TSI, built 2023), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BELL 47D · N586T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DH
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
LOADING SITE
Kind of flying
CA

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000207
Total time
4,865 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
6,051
Age
32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EARBOX SEPARATED.

Investigator remarks

TAIL ROTOR STRUCK WIRE.COMPLETE TAIL ROTOR AND G

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/49 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2435. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2435.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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