NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC77FCD22
Registry · N74864
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA
Year of manufacture
2005
TCDS
H10WE · ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO
Engine
LYCOMING O-360 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20051212
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA1389
Registrant of record
DEFENBAUGH MATTHEW J
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
GRUM AMER AA5B · N74864
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
LAKE MILLS MUNI
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 10 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000AA5B-0387
Total time
359 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
75
Age
30
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 64/C/82 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
- 80/K/BA K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY Joint factor
- 88/K/DH K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor
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 1523.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_1523.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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