NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW76FPJ18
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
BRANTLY B2B · N2180U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EH
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
FREDRICK MUNI
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
330° / 8 kt
Temp
72° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000342
Total time
817 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,464
Age
23
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IP TOOK CTLS.
Investigator remarks
STUDENT LET ROTOR RPM GET TOO LOW,CAUSED R YAW.
Cause factors
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/49 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 66/A/18 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 66/A/43 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/22 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH 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 3685.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3685.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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