NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC80FNC31
Registry · N870
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PILATUS PC-7
Year of manufacture
1993
Engine
P&W PT6A SER (750 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19981118
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ABF655
Registrant of record
A & S AVIATION 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
SIKORSKY S-58T · N870
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B6
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
BANGOR INTL
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
070° / 8 kt
Temp
61° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000058700
Total time
5,590 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,258
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HANGAR,DEBRIS HIT GND ATNDNT.
Investigator remarks
AFTER STOPPING,HEL TAIL SWUNG RGT,TAIL ROTOR HIT
Cause factors
- 64/A/22 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 1990.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1990.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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