NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW75AF036
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 47G-4A · N7848S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
E
Airport
PHI HELIPORT
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
330° / 30 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000007577
Total time
7,316 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,511
Age
37
Investigator remarks
PLT INADVRTNTLY MADE APPROACH WTH 30 KT TAILWND
Cause factors
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 88/C/22 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Cause
- 64/C/23 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 88/L/AQ L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
- 64/K/18 K PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. 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 3488.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3488.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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