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CHI77FA009

1976-11-30 · HARTFORD TWP, Ohio, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SIKORSKY S-58B · N8561
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
E
Airport
YOUNGSTOWN
Kind of flying
DD

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
230° / 13 kt
Temp
17° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000058419
Total time
7,566 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,529
Age
28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ENG FAILURE.

Investigator remarks

ACFT AT 400FT AGL OVER WOODED TERRAIN AT TIME OF

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/23 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 64/B/27 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4152. Source file NTSB_1976_3_4152.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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