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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76FRG92

1976-09-12 BOERNE, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2291W Bell 206A 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 206A · N2291W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

150° / 4 kt

Temp

86° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000489

Total time

4,031 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,494

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ER ASSEMBLY CAUSED ENG TO GO TO FLIGHT IDLE.

Investigator remarks

SEPN OF COMPRESSOR DISCHARGE PRESSURE PROBE FILT

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/MY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/CR C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STRIPPED 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 2413. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2413.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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