NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW76AF022
Registry · N3810
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA T206H
Year of manufacture
2013
Engine
LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20231005
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A46159
Registrant of record
NERIO ANTONIO
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
SEMCO TC-4 · N3810
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
D
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
CF
Weather at impact
Sky
PARTIAL OBSCURATION
Wind
120° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000SEM-96
Total time
310 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
108
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NDOLA CAUGHT FIRE.
Investigator remarks
PROPANE HOT AIR BALLOON HIT WIRES LDG IN FLD. GO
Cause factors
- 64/A/48 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/33 J PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3018.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3018.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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