NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW68A0060
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
HUGHES 300 · N9335F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D4
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CF
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
320° / 10 kt
Temp
53° F
Aircraft history
Total time
894 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
5,600
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TTEMPT TO STOP SETTLING-WITH-POWER CONDITION.
Investigator remarks
FAILED TO DESCEND FOR BETTER VISIBILITY,AND TO A
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/07 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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
2 1007.
Source file
NTSB_1967_2_1007.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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