NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC76AA042
Registry · N6324V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HELIO H-250
Year of manufacture
1968 · 7 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A84822
Registrant of record
BRANHAM CHRIS R
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
HELIO ACFT H-250 · N6324V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
E
Airport
TELLER
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
060° / 20 kt
Temp
36° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002538
Total time
1,868 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
20,340
Age
56
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
E 100FT FRM DEP END.RAN INTO POND.
Investigator remarks
ABT 53LBS OVR MAX GROSS WT.SHORT STRIP WITH HOUS
Cause factors
- 64/A/06 A PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/H A WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause
- 80/J/BY J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
- 88/J/DH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 2961.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2961.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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