NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW74AF053
Registry · N4020G
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ARBC INC DBA LINDSTRAND 77X
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4B66E
Registrant of record
A R B C INC DBA
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
BELL 206B · N4020G
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EY
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000151
Total time
6,798 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
6,139
Age
32
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
-OUT FLOATS. PAX PRESUMED FATAL. WEA BRIEF BY CO.
Investigator remarks
UN CONT IN FOG,ATTMPTD WATER LDG. SKIDS WITH POP
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/27 J PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 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
3 0124.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0124.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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