NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI77FEE77
Registry · N44DS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
EUROCOPTER EC 155B
Year of manufacture
2003
TCDS
H10EU · AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
Engine
TURBOMECA ARRIEL SERIES (985 hp)
Seats / Engines
15 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20030509
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A548A0
Registrant of record
DS AIR II 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
BRANTLY B2B · N44DS
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EH
Operator type
D
Airport
WAUKEGAN MEMORIAL
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000030
Total time
677 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,597
Age
44
Cause factors
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 66/A/23 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
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 4089.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_4089.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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