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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA74DYG38

1974-05-04 EPHRATA, Washington, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7887B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 47G-2

Year of manufacture

1958 · 16 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19590827

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAB18D

Registrant of record

LIDIJA LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7887B Bell 47G-2 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-2 · N7887B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002023

Total time

4,662 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

771

Age

43

Investigator remarks

LOST CYCLIC CONTROL,BOLT CAME LOOSE..

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
78/C/C0 C
ROTORCRAFT CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM Cause
88/C/29 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED 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 1430. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1430.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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