NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI68F0054
Registry · N2127U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 19A
Year of manufacture
1969
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19690625
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1C450
Registrant of record
FOX ROBERT H
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 B-2 · N2127U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EH
Operator type
D
Airport
BERZ
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
280° / 20 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Total time
267 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
14,000
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IDDING TO THE LEFT.
Investigator remarks
WIND 10 KTS GUSTING 20 KTS. ACFT TOUCHED DOWN SK
Cause factors
- 66/A/28 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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
2 0519.
Source file
NTSB_1967_2_0519.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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