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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK72FVD11

1971-09-08 BRENTWOOD, 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 47G3B 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 47G3B · N8468E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DH

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002647

Total time

2,954 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

12,935

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

VBRTN. CRASH LNDD IN ORCHARD.

Investigator remarks

ONE M/R STABILIZER BAR SEPRTD IN FLT,CAUSED SVR

Cause factors

78/C/AY C
ROTORCRAFT OTHER Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
83/B/Y B
TERRAIN OTHER
88/L/49 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT

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 3250. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3250.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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