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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC71AA058

1971-05-14 PORT HEIDEN, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N430FH Hiller FH1100 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

HILLER FH1100 · N430FH

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

E

Airport

PORT HEIDEN

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

230° / 14 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000133

Total time

1,493 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,370

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ED,RUST,DIRT FOUND.UN LND SAFELY DUE WIND,LOW ALT.

Investigator remarks

ACFT FUELED FROM 55 GAL DRUMS,IMPROPER FILTER US

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
68/C/D2 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) Cause
88/C/64 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL Cause
88/B/AQ B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 3243. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3243.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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