NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC80FA065
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 · N500HC
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
G
Kind of flying
DQ
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
135° / 18 kt
Temp
45° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000500S
Total time
2,235 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,300
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TER IN GOV & FUEL.BYPASS VLV OPERD BLO SPEC.
Investigator remarks
WTR FM CONDENSATION IN MAIN SUMP.PARTICULATE MAT
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 64/L/29 L PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
- 88/L/87 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL
- 68/L/D8 L PERSONNEL OTHER
- 88/L/64 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL
- 74/L/SY L POWERPLANT OTHER
- 88/L/BQ L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY
- 83/K/A K TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint factor
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 3213.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3213.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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