NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC79IA099
Registry · N49MA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL 206-L4
Year of manufacture
1992
TCDS
H2SW · BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA LTD
Engine
ALLISON 250-C30 SER (650 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19991027
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A60ED3
Registrant of record
AV8-ORR HELICOPTER SERVICES INC
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
BEECH E18S · N49MA
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
STEWART
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000BA238
Total time
11,756 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,904
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NBOUND WITH CARGO FOR OTRS.
Investigator remarks
THIS ACFT NR 1 OF 3 INBOUND ACFT.DC9 NR 2 ACFT I
Cause factors
- 64/A/10 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR 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 0044.
Source file
NTSB_1979_5_0044.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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