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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75DPG79

1975-06-08 WALNUT RIDGE, Arkansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8282E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CAMERON BALLOONS LTD COW-106

Year of manufacture

1996

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20050823

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB5136

Registrant of record

SUNDANCE BALLOONS US LTD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8282E Bell 47D-1 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

BELL 47D-1 · N8282E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C2

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000T121

Total time

4,026 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,300

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

USED INTAKE LEAKS.

Investigator remarks

INTAKE MANIFOLD TO CYL ATTCH BOLTS CAME LOOSE,CA

Cause factors

74/C/CY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/AV C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Cause
64/B/23 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
64/B/49 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE

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 1473. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1473.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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