NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN81FTK17
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
HILLER ACFT FH1100 · N4258V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B9
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
JOE FOSS FIELD
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
230° / 8 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000060
Total time
1,393 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
4,759
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ZATION FLT.
Investigator remarks
CREW CRASHED DURING SELF INSTRUCTIONAL FAMILIARI
Cause factors
- 64/C/23 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 64/C/31 C PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 2483.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2483.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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