NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81IA096
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
SIKORSKY S-76 · N1547D
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C2
Operator type
E
Airport
OIL RIG PLATFORM
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
240° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000760077
Total time
225 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,790
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AIL FM FATIGUE.FRGMNTS FM OVRSPD TURB DMGD OTR ENG
Investigator remarks
THICKNESS,4TH STAGE TURB NZL LCTG RNG,BLO SPEC,F
Cause factors
- 68/A/J0 A PERSONNEL SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 74/A/PC A POWERPLANT SHROUD,RING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/36 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 74/A/KC A POWERPLANT FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/48 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES 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
5 0057.
Source file
NTSB_1981_5_0057.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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