NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI67A0039
Registry · N2172U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-236
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790216
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1D634
Registrant of record
WANDERING WINGS INC
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
BRANTLY B2-B · N2172U
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Business
Airport
SKY HARBOR
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
135° / 7 kt
Temp
78° F
Aircraft history
Total time
988 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
84
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PTER WAS AT LOW ALT OVER CONJESTED AREA AT TIME.
Investigator remarks
LOOSE CARBON UNSEATED NO.3 CYL EXH VALVE. HELICO
Cause factors
- 84/C/G C MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
- 64/B/33 B PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
- 88/B/14 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
- 83/B/I B TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
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
2 0950.
Source file
NTSB_1966_2_0950.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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