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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA74DYG07

1973-08-01 OROFINO, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N73249

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 47G-3B

Year of manufacture

1964 · 9 years old at event

TCDS

2H3 · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC

Engine

LYCOMING VO-435-A1F (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20161130

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9D57F

Registrant of record

ENGLISH AIR SERVICE LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N73249 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 · N73249

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

Z

Phase of flight

C2

Operator type

Public use

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002781

Total time

4,110 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

8,425

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LOT USED EVASIVE ACTION TO MISS PWR LINES.

Investigator remarks

FUEL PUMP FAILURE RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION.PI

Cause factors

74/C/CH C
POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
84/B/7 B
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION

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 3828. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3828.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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