NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA65A0044
Registry · N917B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL 47D1
Year of manufacture
1952 · 13 years old at event
TCDS
H-1 · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC
Engine
FRANKLIN 6V4 SERIES (210 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800424
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACB0C5
Registrant of record
QUATACKER MATT
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
BELL 47D1 · N917B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D6
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
ROSEBURG MUN
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,609
Age
33
Cause factors
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 66/C/21 C DUAL STUDENT Cause
- 83/K/A K TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint factor
- 88/L/85 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS
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 0072.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0072.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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