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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA76DYG44

1976-04-21 PALOUSE, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2240W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 47G-3B-2

Year of manufacture

1962 · 14 years old at event

TCDS

2H3 · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC

Engine

ALLISON 250 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19950705

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1F24A

Registrant of record

YARAK AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2240W Bell 47G-3B 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 47G-3B · N2240W

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C2

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

PERKINS

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000006752

Total time

3,131 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,773

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IRE.

Investigator remarks

ROLLED LEFT AND AFT AFTER LIFTOFF.DESTROYED BY F

Cause factors

84/A/I A
MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1911. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1911.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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