NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX67A0010
Registry · N11H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HOEFFEL JAN HOEFFEL SX300
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19930629
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02A89
Registrant of record
GONZALEZ RICHARD J
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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 47G-3B · N11H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A2
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
ORANGE COUNTY
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
7,519 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
900
Age
29
Cause factors
- 78/A/AB A ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR BLADES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/36 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/1/29 1 PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Subordinate · 1
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 0672.
Source file
NTSB_1966_2_0672.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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