NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC76AA024
Registry · N9196F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HUGHES 369HS
Year of manufacture
1974 · 1 years old at event
TCDS
H3WE · MD HELICOPTERS INC (MDHI)
Engine
ALLISON 250-C20 SER (420 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19950526
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACBB4A
Registrant of record
ASBILL JIMMY T
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
HUGHES 369HS · N9196F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Airport
NOME
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
070° / 7 kt
Temp
53° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000007046165
Total time
398 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
3,267
Age
28
Investigator remarks
FUEL GAGE READ 90 LB,TANKS EMPTY.
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 64/B/18 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M.
- 74/L/J2 L POWERPLANT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE
- 88/L/BR L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC
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 2565.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2565.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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