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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW70FQD10

1970-04-13 PECOS, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9333V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HUGHES 269A

Year of manufacture

1963 · 7 years old at event

TCDS

4H12 · SCHWEIZER RSG LLC

Engine

LYCOMING HO-360 (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19920716

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACF3A3

Registrant of record

FLETCHER JEFFREY A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9333V Hughes 269B None

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 269B · N9333V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D9

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 10 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000207

Total time

707 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

442

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RN.T/R BLADES AND HUB NOT RECOVERED.

Investigator remarks

CRUISING AT 40 MPH,2700RPM ACFT BEGAN R DSNDG TU

Cause factors

84/A/I A
MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1794. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1794.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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