NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75DEE27
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 TC-4 · N65248
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
D
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
DACY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
020° / 20 kt
Temp
61° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000SEM125
Total time
43 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
43
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FSS BRIEF.UN CK DESCENT RATE.DRAGGED INTO WIRES.
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/C/40 C PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 82/L/M L WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
- 82/L/A L WEATHER LOW CEILING
- 82/L/C L WEATHER FOG
- 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 3425.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3425.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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