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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA74DYG49

1974-06-24 EPHRATA, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2899B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 47G-2

Engine

LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650301

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2F2FF

Registrant of record

CLASSIC ROTORS MUSEUM

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 47G-2 · N2899B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DH

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001999

Total time

5,757 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,670

Age

29

Cause factors

  • 64/A/54 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint 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 1902. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1902.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.