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IAD77FKW27

1977-08-15 · JAMESTOWN, Tennessee, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BELL 47G2A · N2880B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EH
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
JAMESTOWN
Kind of flying
CB

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001966
Total time
9,944 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,450
Age
43

Investigator remarks

PILOT FORGOT TO DISENGAGE CONTROL FRICTION LOCKS

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2708. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2708.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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