NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73FID14
Registry · N30VA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL 407
Year of manufacture
2000
TCDS
H2SW · BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA LTD
Engine
ALLISON 250-C47 (600 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20001025
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A31ED5
Registrant of record
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
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
FAIRCHILD FH1100 · N30VA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
H
Airport
WOODRUM FIELD
Kind of flying
DQ
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000209
Total time
2,598 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,792
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NOT OBVD BY PLT FELL INTO CYCLE AREA JAMMED CTLS.
Investigator remarks
DRG MAINT,NOT COMPLETED,TOOLS LEFT ON ENG DECK
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 78/A/C0 A ROTORCRAFT CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CD A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/G A MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3263.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_3263.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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