NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW77FRG03
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 · N62445
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Y
Kind of flying
CY
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000007555
Total time
5,058 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,510
Age
39
Investigator remarks
WILD GAME SURVEY
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/08 J PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 88/J/14 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 3760.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_3760.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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