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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA81FLD64

1981-09-07 MELBOURNE, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1004R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MD HELICOPTERS LLC 369FF

TCDS

H3WE · MD HELICOPTERS LLC

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A007A8

Registrant of record

MD HELICOPTERS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1004R Bellanca 17-31 Minor

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

BELLANCA 17-31 · N1004R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

MELBOURNE REGINAL

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

200° / 5 kt

Temp

74° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000074-31089

Total time

519 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,200

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AILED.

Investigator remarks

NOSE STEERING ROD END BEARING PART NO.194424-1 F

Cause factors

70/C/CP C
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL STEERING Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 2141. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2141.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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