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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD76FLT20

1976-09-28 MILLINGTON, Tennessee, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9428F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HUGHES 269B

Year of manufacture

1965 · 11 years old at event

TCDS

4H12 · SCHWEIZER RSG LLC

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770607

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD180C

Registrant of record

BARGO AVIATION SERVICES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9428F Hughes 269B None

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

HUGHES 269B · N9428F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

CG

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000350175

Total time

2,095 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,880

Age

29

Investigator remarks

CONROD BOLT P/N 74644 BKN AT R REAR CYL.

Cause factors

74/C/AC C
POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/23 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
64/B/49 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE

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 3205. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3205.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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