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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA77FKJ56

1977-07-04 IRVINGTON, Alabama, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N711SM

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AEROSPATIALE AS 365 N2 DAUPHIN

Year of manufacture

1991

TCDS

H10EU · AIRBUS HELICOPTERS

Engine

TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1SER (681 hp)

Seats / Engines

14 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19911223

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A98160

Registrant of record

PARKVIEW HOSPITAL

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N711SM Beech C18S Serious

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

BEECH C18S · N711SM

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

ROY E. RAY

Kind of flying

DG

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000005794

Total time

1,912 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,850

Investigator remarks

PARACHUTE JUMPER STRUCK HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

Cause factors

68/A/K4 A
PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
84/A/D A
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2379. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2379.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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