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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72DFJ11

1971-07-24 CANANDAIGUA, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1909R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 206B

Year of manufacture

1976

TCDS

H2SW · BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA LTD

Engine

ALLISON 250 SER 400HP (400 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19970429

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A16BCE

Registrant of record

CENTERLINE HOLDINGS

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1909R Beech 65-90 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

BEECH 65-90 · N1909R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Airport

HOPEWELL AIRPARK

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

060° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000LJ-59

Total time

3,194 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

6,486

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FT BEYOND END OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

UNATTENDED 1800FT GRASS STRIP,HIT DITCH APRX 150

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY

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 2730. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2730.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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