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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC66I0090

1966-02-18 MERIDA, MX, Mexico None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N784PA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

EUROCOPTER EC 130 B4

Year of manufacture

2010

TCDS

H9EU · AIRBUS HELICOPTERS

Engine

TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2B1 (747 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20170228

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAA0A8

Registrant of record

KAIBAB LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N784PA Boeing B-720B 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

BOEING B-720B · N784PA

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

Z

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Airport

MERIDA

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

135° / 6 kt

Pilot

Certificate

ZA (ZA)

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T THIS OCCURENCE.

Investigator remarks

COWS ON RUNWAY.NO PROVISION AT AIRPORT TO PREVEN

Cause factors

68/1/H4 1
PERSONNEL IMPROPER INSPECTION OF FACILITIES Subordinate · 1
80/1/BY 1
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Subordinate · 1

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 4 0009. Source file NTSB_1966_4_0009.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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