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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC66A0064

1966-06-08 HECTOR, Minnesota, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6716D Bell 47G-2 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

BELL 47G-2 · N6716D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

HECTOR MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

045° / 10 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,939 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

500

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CEDURE TURNAROUND AFTER DOWNWIND SWATH RUN.

Investigator remarks

POWER SETTLING OCCURRED DURING ZERO AIRSPEED PRO

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 2 0424. Source file NTSB_1966_2_0424.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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