NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81IA141
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 206L-1 · N5733A
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
C
Light condition
Day
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
E
Airport
RUTHERFORD OIL
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000045473
Total time
816 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
15,500
Age
60
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FATIGUE.EVIDENCE OF PREV 2300DEG OVRTEMP.
Investigator remarks
1ST STAGE TURB WHL,PN 6895801,FAILED FM THERMAL
Cause factors
- 68/A/K9 A PERSONNEL OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 74/C/PG C POWERPLANT WHEEL TURBINE Cause
- 88/C/CI C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERHEATED Cause
- 88/C/36 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
- 83/K/D K TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION Joint factor
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 0053.
Source file
NTSB_1981_5_0053.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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