NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC70AA079
Registry · N5353V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA46-500TP
Year of manufacture
2002
Engine
P&W PT6A SER (750 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20020915
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6C5D5
Registrant of record
MIDWEST VENTURES LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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 UH12EL · N5353V
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Z
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002031
Total time
3,412 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,695
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RX 50 DEG SLOPE OF MT SIDE.
Investigator remarks
RECOVERY DATE-5/19/70.WRECKAGE SCATTERED DOWN AP
Cause factors
- 84/A/I A MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 1041.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1041.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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