NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC67A0163
Registry · N138B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DASSAULT AVIATION FALCON 7X
Year of manufacture
2009
Engine
P&W CANADA PW307A
Seats / Engines
11 seats · 3 engines
Last airworthiness date
20100823
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A09902
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
BELL 47D1 · N138B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DH
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
NEW LONDON PA.
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 12 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Total time
3,312 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,221
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK TREE LIMB.
Investigator remarks
AS PLT WAS CHECKING SPRAY BOOM GROUND CLEARANCE
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
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
2 0214.
Source file
NTSB_1967_2_0214.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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