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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA77FYP14

1976-12-11 MEAD, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7089G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ROBINSON HELICOPTER R44

Year of manufacture

2017

TCDS

H11NM · ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO

Engine

LYCOMING O-540-F1B5 (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20170203

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A975E0

Registrant of record

B-SQUARED HELICOPTERS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7089G Cessna 172K 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

CESSNA 172K · N7089G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

Business

Airport

MEAD FLYING SVC

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 10 kt

Temp

30° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017258789

Total time

4,477 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

28

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NABLE TO ATTAIN TKOF SPD,ABORTED.

Investigator remarks

15KT TAILWIND.WINDSOCK FROZEN INDICATED HDWIND.U

Cause factors

64/A/29 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/06 A
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
88/J/AQ J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause
80/J/A9 J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
80/J/BB J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY Joint cause
88/J/DH J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 3622. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3622.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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