NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI80DEP20
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
VERTOL 42A · N96244
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C8
Operator type
Y
Kind of flying
CS
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
320° / 17 kt
Temp
30° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000009642
Total time
5,685 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,435
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TILL CNCTD TO A TRAILER.1939LBS OVR MAX GWT.
Investigator remarks
ATMTD TO LIFT FARM TRACTOR OUT OF LAKE.TRACTOR S
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/76 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause
- 88/J/DC J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOAD NOT JETTISONED 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 1163.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1163.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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