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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71DHD19

1970-08-19 MANAHAWKIN, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3105G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 47G-2

Year of manufacture

1958 · 12 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A349DF

Registrant of record

CLASSIC ROTORS MUSEUM

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3105G Bell 47G2 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 47G2 · N3105G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C2

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Temp

81° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001875

Total time

3,673 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

3,854

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UCK,BROKE DURG LIFT-OFF ATMT.

Investigator remarks

DID NOT DTRM GRND COULD SUPPORT ACFT WT.SKIDS ST

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
83/C/A C
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Cause
88/J/94 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
88/L/06 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE

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 1514. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1514.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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