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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA81FYM09

1980-11-22 BUELL, Oregon, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6784D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 47G-2A-1

Year of manufacture

1960 · 20 years old at event

TCDS

2H3 · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC

Engine

LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19890419

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8FC58

Registrant of record

NORTH COAST HELICOPTER SVC INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6784D Bell 47G-3 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-3 · N6784D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Public use

Kind of flying

CS

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Total time

6,334 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,342

Age

32

Investigator remarks

SLING CHRISTMAS TREES.

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
88/K/24 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD Joint factor

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 3379. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3379.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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