NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC80DA083
Registry · N9052F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HUGHES 369HS
Year of manufacture
1970 · 10 years old at event
TCDS
H3WE · MD HELICOPTERS INC (MDHI)
Engine
ALLISON 250 SER 400HP (400 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19760119
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC8463
Registrant of record
MOTIVATED AIR 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
HUGHES 500C · N9052F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000225S
Total time
5,784 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,500
Age
30
Investigator remarks
LANDING AREA IS RIM OF VOLCANO
Cause factors
- 64/C/28 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/C/82 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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 2356.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2356.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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