NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI77FA009
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
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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
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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