NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI77FEI20
Registry · N2114U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172S
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1C030
Registrant of record
BRAVO ZULU AVIATION 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 B-2 · N2114U
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
BLATTER FIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000162
Total time
655 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
225
Age
49
Investigator remarks
HIT WIRES.
Cause factors
- 64/C/15 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
- 83/L/I L TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
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 0937.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0937.txt.
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