NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW74FQG43
Registry · N70903
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7-15
Year of manufacture
2000
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20000608
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A97871
Registrant of record
AKIN JASON B
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
CESSNA 206 · N70903
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000U20602108
Total time
548 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
355
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TRANSPORTNG MARIJUANA.
Investigator remarks
PLT MADE EMERG NITE LDG ON HIWAY,HIT GUARD RAIL-
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 83/B/Y B TERRAIN OTHER
- 64/L/27 L PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
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 0628.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0628.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
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