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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA71FYE33

1971-06-05 EATONVILLE, Washington, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1968H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MARK MARINO HATZ SUPER BANTAM

Engine

ULPOWER 350I (118 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20210826

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A181ED

Registrant of record

CJB PROPERTIES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1968H Bell 47G2 Serious

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 47G2 · N1968H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001381

Total time

7,605 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

13,650

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.ACFT TOO LOW TO RECVR,CRASH LND THRU TREES.

Investigator remarks

ENG CKD OK.EXHST PORTS,STACKS FOUND EXCESVLY BLK

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 2163. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2163.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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