NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75AC032
Registry · N14545
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AIRBUS S A S A321-271NX
Year of manufacture
2025
TCDS
A28NM · AIRBUS S A S
Engine
IAE PW1133G-JM
Seats / Engines
246 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20250904
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0B845
Registrant of record
WILMINGTON TRUST CO TRUSTEE
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
SEMCO AX-7 · N14545
Damage
Minor
Craft type
D
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
DF
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
010° / 30 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000SEM150
Total time
3 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
15,300
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ER.HARD LDG,PLT & PAX THROWN OUT,CONT INTO TREES.
Investigator remarks
HOT AIR BALLOON.INADQT WX BRIEF BY BALLOON-MEIST
Cause factors
- 68/C/K9 C PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 82/C/H C WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
- 82/L/M L WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
- 82/L/A L WEATHER LOW CEILING
- 82/L/B L WEATHER RAIN
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
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 4250.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_4250.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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