NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC69F0130
Registry · N887
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SIKORSKY S-58B
Year of manufacture
1957 · 11 years old at event
TCDS
1H11 · CALIFORNIA HELICOPTER AIRWAYS INC
Engine
WRIGHT C9HE SERIES (1525 hp)
Seats / Engines
14 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19620220
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC37D5
Registrant of record
HOUSTON AERONAUTICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY INC
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
SIKORSKY S-58B · N887
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Public use
Kind of flying
CK
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
220° / 5 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Total time
3,430 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,030
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ALT TO RECOVER FROM SETTLING-WITH-POWER CONDITION
Investigator remarks
CARRYING SLING LOAD UP SIDE OF MT.NOT SUFFICIENT
Cause factors
- 64/C/23 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 2903.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_2903.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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