NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75FEP46
Registry · N16455
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
FIREFLY BALLOONS 2010 INC FIREFLY 8
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A103AF
Registrant of record
ARRINGTON VINEYARDS LLC
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
LUSCOMBE 8A · N45974
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
350° / 4 kt
Temp
74° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002501
Total time
838 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
211
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IS PIN MISSING.PIN INSTLD HEAD OUT KEY INBD TO NUT
Investigator remarks
PROP HUB AND RETAIN NUT FOUND TOGETHER.LOCK CLEV
Cause factors
- 68/C/D1 C PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Cause
- 74/C/FY C POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
- 64/B/25 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
- 88/L/49 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1701.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1701.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- arXiv 2020 · arXiv preprint
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