NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI77FA038
Registry · N2131U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182T
Year of manufacture
2003
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20030626
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1C735
Registrant of record
AGH PROPERTY INVESTMENTS INC
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
BRANTLY B-2 · N2131U
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
LAYNES AUCTION
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000179
Total time
1,362 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,620
Age
26
Investigator remarks
M/R BLADES & TRANSMISSION SEPD.
Cause factors
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 78/A/AA A ROTORCRAFT MAIN ROTOR BLADES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AH A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/55 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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 4232.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_4232.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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