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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78DER39

1978-04-13 BEMIDJI, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N61CW

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-8

Year of manufacture

2011

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-M1B (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20110810

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7ECAC

Registrant of record

LANDIS SCOTT V

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N61CW Hiller UH-12E None

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

HILLER UH-12E · N61CW

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D4

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

BEMIDJI MUNI

Kind of flying

CD

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

320° / 12 kt

Temp

34° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000HA3052

Total time

368 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

12,863

Age

54

Cause factors

64/A/18 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/88 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 3059. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3059.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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