NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC78FHM27
Registry · N63MC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS INC AS350B3
Year of manufacture
2020
TCDS
H9EU · AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
Engine
SAFRAN ARRIEL 2D (952 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20200403
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A83C79
Registrant of record
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
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
HILLER 12C · N63MC
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EH
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
340° / 10 kt
Temp
86° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000915
Total time
2,134 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,665
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PREVENT HARD LANDING.
Investigator remarks
IP DID NOT SLOW HIGH RATE OF DESCENT IN TIME TO
Cause factors
- 66/A/23 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT 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 2699.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2699.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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