NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC73FCA14
Registry · N9655
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ICP SRL SAVANNAH S
Year of manufacture
2017
Engine
ROTAX 912ULS2 (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20171015
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD71C0
Registrant of record
SKUR ANTHONY I III
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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 · N9655
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C2
Operator type
D
Airport
SPIRIT ST LOUIS
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001286
Total time
6,747 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,800
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PILOT FAILED TO MONITOR STUDENTS LIFT OFF.
Investigator remarks
UNLEVEL LIFT OFF-POSSIBLE ROTOR WASH.INSTRUCTOR
Cause factors
- 66/A/23 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/A J TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint 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 0029.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_0029.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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