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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC74FCA12

1973-10-22 CREVE COEUR, Missouri, United States None 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2251W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 47G-5

TCDS

2H3 · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC

Engine

ALLISON 250 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19960510

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1F624

Registrant of record

JOHNSON AERIAL SPRAYING LLC

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-5 · N2251W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EI

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

CREVE COEUR

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001390

Total time

1,175 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,640

Age

41

Investigator remarks

CAMSHAFT FAILURE.LNDD IN SOYBEAN FLD.

Cause factors

88/C/85 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Cause
64/B/49 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE

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 3518. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3518.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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