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CHI80FEE17

1980-03-02 · CHICAGO, Illinois, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SIKORSKY S-58 · N4388S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C2
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000058-1551
Total time
3,278 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
13,811
Age
55

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

REMELY RICH FUEL FLOW.

Investigator remarks

CARB DIAPHRAGM,P/N 399303,SPLIT RESULTING IN EXT

Cause factors

  • 74/C/CG C
    POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 64/B/19 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT
  • 88/B/DC B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOAD NOT JETTISONED

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0315. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0315.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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