NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK75X0102
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 47G4A · N1446W
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D4
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
DE
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000007669
Total time
5,936 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
6,180
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
E.INVEST JURISDICTION GOVT OF BOLIVIA.
Investigator remarks
OPERATOR STATES HELICOPTER STRUCK BY FALLING TRE
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
6 0004.
Source file
NTSB_1975_6_0004.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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