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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71ANI12

1971-05-14 NEW YORK, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8467E Bell 47J2 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

BELL 47J2 · N8467E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001835

Total time

3,044 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,275

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LOG AREA DUE PEOPLE GATHERING.M/R BLADES HIT TAIL

Investigator remarks

NR 6 CONCTNG ROD FAILED.PLT LND SHRT OF INTENDED

Cause factors

74/C/AC C
POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/18 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M.
68/K/K2 K
PERSONNEL SPECTATOR Joint factor

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 1666. Source file NTSB_1971_3_1666.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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