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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC76FCA35

1976-07-13 CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2812B Bell 47G 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 · N2812B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D4

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SPIRIT ST LOUIS

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001533

Total time

5,119 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

15,956

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

0 NEEDLE POINT.FIRST SOLO HELICOPTER FLIGHT.

Investigator remarks

T/R CTL CABLE BROKEN,45 OF 49 CABLE WIRES WORN T

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
78/C/C2 C
ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/BU C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FRAYED 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 1988. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1988.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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