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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FNA43

1978-08-15 CARVER, Massachusetts, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N62207 Sikorsky S-55 Minor

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

SIKORSKY S-55 · N62207

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

PLYMOUTH

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

010° / 4 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000054-1413

Total time

2,159 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

7,372

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CAL PYLON.

Investigator remarks

METAL FATIGUE FOUND IN ATTACH BOLTS OF THE VERTI

Cause factors

78/C/D6 C
ROTORCRAFT TAIL BOOMS/PYLONS/CONES Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 3733. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3733.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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