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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEK26

1981-07-25 NEWARK, Ohio, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8737F Hughes 269A Serious

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

HUGHES 269A · N8737F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

NEWARK-HEATH

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 8 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000056

Total time

2,348 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,159

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ARMS ON CYLS 1&3,INTAKE ON CYLS 2&4,OIL FLOW CHGD.

Investigator remarks

ALTNR DRV PULLEY,PN 1908843,FAILED.EXHST ROCKER

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
68/L/D6 L
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
74/L/HB L
POWERPLANT GENERATORS
88/L/95 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE
74/L/AF L
POWERPLANT VALVE ASSEMBLIES
88/L/CB L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED
84/K/E K
MISCELLANEOUS SMOKE IN COCKPIT Joint factor

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 1716. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1716.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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