NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75DEE25
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
PICCARD AX-6 · N88US
Damage
None
Craft type
D
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DF
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
020° / 20 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000688
Total time
34 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
172
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FSS BRIEF.UN CK DESCENT RATE.DRAGGED ABT 200FT.
Investigator remarks
HOT AIR BALLOON.WX BRIEFED BY BALLOON MEISTER,NO
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/40 A PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 82/J/M J WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 3423.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3423.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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