NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC81IA006
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
BELL 206L · N10
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EI
Operator type
G
Airport
FAA TECH CNTR
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
060° / 11 kt
Temp
55° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
10,311
Age
54
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RCVRY FM AUTOROTATION TO HOVER,ABRUPT PITCH MNVR.
Investigator remarks
WHITE MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK TAIL BOOM DRG PWR
Cause factors
- 65/A/48 A COPILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 65/A/23 A COPILOT 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
5 0040.
Source file
NTSB_1980_5_0040.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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