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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK67A0034

1966-09-13 SAN RAFAEL, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8468E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 47G-3B

TCDS

2H3 · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC

Engine

LYCOMING TVO-435-A1A (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20080312

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB9998

Registrant of record

SCOTTS HELICOPTER SERVICES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8468E 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 · N8468E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A3

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 8 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,525 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

10,433

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E AIRBORNE,CRASHED ABOUT 50 FT FROM LOADING SPOT.

Investigator remarks

M/R TILTED,BLADES STRUCK LOADING CART.ACFT BECAM

Cause factors

64/C/33 C
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
64/C/74 C
PILOT IN COMMAND LEFT AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED, ENGINE RUNNING Cause
64/L/19 L
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT
78/L/C0 L
ROTORCRAFT CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM
88/L/29 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED

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 2 0951. Source file NTSB_1966_2_0951.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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