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NYC72DFA08

1971-08-21 · MALONE, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N932B

Make / Model
BELL 47G
Year of manufacture
1953 · 18 years old at event
Engine
FRANKLIN 6V4 SERIES (210 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610623
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACED30

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BELL 47-G · N932B
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000665-1
Total time
4,471 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
377
Age
43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TL,SANK IN 8 FT OF WTR.

Investigator remarks

ONE SKID CTCD WTR,T/R HIT WTR.ACFT SPUN OUT OF C

Cause factors

  • 64/A/53 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/88 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3120. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3120.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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