NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC70A0002
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
HILLER ACFT FH1100 · N748FH
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A3
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CC
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000075
Total time
768 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
5,950
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ON HIS RACK CARGO ACFT ROLLED OVER.DEPLANED PX HIT
Investigator remarks
LANDED ON MUSKEG HUMPS.WHILE PLTS ATTENTION WAS
Cause factors
- 64/C/35 C PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
- 64/C/08 C PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause
- 83/L/F L TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
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 2514.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_2514.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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