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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX66A0035

1965-10-14 GERLACH, Nevada, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8741F Hughes 269A 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 269A · N8741F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Airport

SOLDIER MEADOW

Kind of flying

B9

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 20 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Total time

968 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

4,020

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CHECK TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ALIGNMENT

Investigator remarks

HUNTING COYOTES.PILOT HAD NOT BEEN TAUGHT HOW TO

Cause factors

78/C/BG C
ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
68/C/C1 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT Cause
88/L/94 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE
88/L/BM L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED
88/L/AH L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE

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 2 0645. Source file NTSB_1965_2_0645.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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