NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK78FVG09
Registry · N3842
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH EC 135 P2
Year of manufacture
2005
TCDS
H88EU · AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (AHD)
Engine
P&W CANADA PW206B SERIES (431 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20051216
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A46CC4
Registrant of record
AIR METHODS LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
COOT A · N3842
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
YOLO COUNTY
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
025° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000F11
Total time
97 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,000
Age
22
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EN APRT ASSURED NOT TIME TO EXTEND GEAR.
Investigator remarks
PILOT LEFT THE GEAR RETRACTED TO EXTEND GLIDE WH
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 88/C/64 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL Cause
- 88/C/87 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 83/K/F K TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 3561.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_3561.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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