NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL80IA046
Registry · N341SC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 340A
Year of manufacture
1984
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19840817
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3C298
Registrant of record
SHEDD AVIATION 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
AEROSPATLE SA341G · N341SC
Damage
None
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
PRIVATE
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 7 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001307
Total time
832 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,000
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
90DEG DRG LNDG WO HYDR BOOST.LEAF SPG RIVET FAILED
Investigator remarks
PLT'S R TAIL ROTOR PEDAL,PN 341A27-5077-03,ROTD
Cause factors
- 78/A/C2 A ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/J/CL J SYSTEMS FLIGHT CONTROL BOOST SYSTEMS, HYDRAULIC Joint cause
- 88/J/38 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDRAULIC FAILURE 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
5 0004.
Source file
NTSB_1980_5_0004.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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