NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC74FHM34
Registry · N9591
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ENSTROM F-28A
Year of manufacture
1973 · 1 years old at event
TCDS
H1CE · ENSTROM HELICOPTER CORP THE
Engine
LYCOMING HIO-360 SER (205 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19730430
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD5891
Registrant of record
FREELANCE ENTERPRISE LLC
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
ENSTROM F-28A · N9591
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
TETERBORO
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000122
Total time
360 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
55
Age
50
Investigator remarks
ENCNTRD QUARTERING TAILWIND DRG APCH.
Cause factors
- 64/A/18 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
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 1725.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_1725.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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