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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW72FRA42

1972-03-04 PEARLAND, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9552F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AIRBORNE EDGE

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD49DE

Registrant of record

NARRON WARREN L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9552F 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 · N9552F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EI

Operator type

I

Airport

ALEXANDERS STRIP

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 8 kt

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000790429

Total time

3,129 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,406

Age

34

Investigator remarks

PRACTICE AUTOROTATIVE LDG.

Cause factors

66/C/23 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
88/L/85 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS
80/K/BF K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS 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 0664. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0664.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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