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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK72FVG06

1971-07-15 PLACERVILLE, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1420

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN GENERAL ACFT CORP AG5B

Year of manufacture

1993

Engine

LYCOMING O-360-A4K (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20221117

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0AC76

Registrant of record

N5504R LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1420 Bell 47G-5 Minor

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-5 · N1420

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

7825

Total time

1,940 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,530

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

L,ALT TOO LOW FOR PROPER RCVRY.

Investigator remarks

PLT BECAME LOST NAVIGATING AT LOW ALT,EXHSTD FUE

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/03 C
PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause

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 2578. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2578.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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