NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW73AF029
Registry · N9093F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-181
Year of manufacture
1986
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19860218
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC9362
Registrant of record
ARCHER 93F LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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 369HS · N9093F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C8
Operator type
E
Airport
SO.PASS 65B
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
135° / 13 kt
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00001110350S
Total time
533 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,387
Age
24
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CFT SANK.
Investigator remarks
TKOF FROM ELEVATED PLATFORM. HIT SAFETY FENCE. A
Cause factors
- 64/A/52 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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
3 3746.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_3746.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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