NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI74FEV49
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 UH-12A · N7636B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
CAPITAL
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
010° / 11 kt
Temp
66° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000051-16107
Total time
596 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
21,000
Age
51
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ROPERLY.STRUCK TAIL ON EXPEDITED LDG.M/R HIT TAIL.
Investigator remarks
NOT ROTORCRAFT RATED.ADJUSTED BLADE TRIM TAB IMP
Cause factors
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/49 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/D1 J PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Joint cause
- 78/J/AJ J ROTORCRAFT BLADE TRIM TABS Joint cause
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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
3 1913.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_1913.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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