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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78FCA34

1978-06-15 ST LOUIS, Missouri, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N88755

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 47G-2

Engine

LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730713

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC3AFB

Registrant of record

OLD TIME AG AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N88755 Bell 47G-2 Serious

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-2 · N88755

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BI-STATE PARKS

Kind of flying

DM

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002252

Total time

9,516 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,400

Age

29

Investigator remarks

FUEL GAUGE INOP.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
64/L/01 L
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
74/L/J2 L
POWERPLANT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE

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 1992. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1992.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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