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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW82FA012

1981-10-18 PORTE BARRE, Louisiana, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9054 Hiller FH1100 Fatal

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

HILLER FH1100 · N9054

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

DF

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000087

Total time

5,817 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,952

Age

21

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CTUATOR DISCONNECTED DUE LOSS OF BOLT.

Investigator remarks

ENG FOD BY ALT AIR DOOR BOLT,HYD PITCH CONTROL A

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/CY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
74/C/KC C
POWERPLANT FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE Cause
78/B/C0 B
ROTORCRAFT CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM
88/B/46 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WRONG PART
88/B/BM B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED
88/K/49 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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 3 3643. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3643.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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