NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC78FA072
Registry · N26225
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA
Year of manufacture
1989
TCDS
H10WE · ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO
Engine
LYCOMING O-320-B2C (160 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20100929
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A28927
Registrant of record
KILDAY KLAYTON D DBA
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
NORD 262-A · N26225
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
N.PHILADELPHIA
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
110° / 9 kt
Temp
73° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000032
Total time
9,142 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,600
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UND IN STRUT CAP.
Investigator remarks
LDG GEAR SHOCK STRUT CAP FAILED.METAL FATIGUE FO
Cause factors
- 70/A/CA A AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/36 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE 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
5 0013.
Source file
NTSB_1978_5_0013.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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