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MIA79FKQ11

1979-06-08 · PARCHMAN, Mississippi, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BELL 47D · N4227A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DD
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000084
Total time
5,866 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,305
Age
30

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
  • 78/C/AB C
    ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR BLADES Cause
  • 88/C/36 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1957. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1957.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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