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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC81FNA19

1981-07-08 PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N59415 Bell 47G-3B None

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

BELL 47G-3B · N59415

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B9

Operator type

Y

Airport

NORTH CENTRAL

Kind of flying

CG

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 10 kt

Temp

84° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000006871

Total time

4,691 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

7,105

Age

65

Investigator remarks

R SKID CONTACTED 22 INCH TWY LGT DRG HOVER TURN.

Cause factors

64/A/15 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2002. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2002.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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