NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81IA103
Registry · N605RA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE G-IV
Year of manufacture
1987
Engine
ROLLS-ROYC TAY MK 610-8
Seats / Engines
22 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19871009
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7DB4A
Registrant of record
SMB G-IV VII LLC
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
AEROSPATIAL SE3160 · N605RA
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B7
Operator type
E
Airport
RUIDOSO MUNI
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 10 kt
Temp
87° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001169
Total time
2,904 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
14,000
Age
57
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PATH OF MAIN ROTOR BLADES.D/A APRX 10000FT.
Investigator remarks
TOUCHED DOWN W BRAKES ON.TAIL BOOM RAISED UP IN
Cause factors
- 64/A/18 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/M J WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint cause
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 0023.
Source file
NTSB_1981_5_0023.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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