NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI80FEI39
Registry · N45AV
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AVIAN BALLOON FALCON II
Year of manufacture
1980 · 0 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Last airworthiness date
19800801
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A56FD7
Registrant of record
GIBBONS THOMAS W
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
AVIAN BLN FALCON · N45AV
Damage
None
Craft type
D
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
210° / 3 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000045
Total time
11 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
261
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IEFED ON HARD LANDING.
Investigator remarks
EXPEDITED LDG TO AVOID DRIFTING OVER CITY.PAX BR
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/K4 A PERSONNEL PASSENGER 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 2105.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2105.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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