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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK72DVD03

1971-07-11 TRACY, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6787D Bell 47G3 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 47G3 · N6787D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

TRACY

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002594

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

12,076

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LEVY ON LDG.

Investigator remarks

PLT DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH FUEL FOR THE FLT.SKID HIT

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER Joint factor
88/K/AQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint factor

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 2709. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2709.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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