NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL81FLG18
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
HILLER ACFT FH1100 · N370FH
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EH
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000098
Total time
1,289 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
8,800
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FR TCHDWN,HARD ROLL TO RGT OCCURRED.
Investigator remarks
ENCTRD ERRATIC LATERAL CYCLIC CTL DRG FLT.JUST B
Cause factors
- 78/A/C0 A ROTORCRAFT CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/A/CL A SYSTEMS FLIGHT CONTROL BOOST SYSTEMS, HYDRAULIC Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3169.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_3169.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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