NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX67A0086
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
VERTOL H-21-A · N9719Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D4
Operator type
Public use
Airport
HAWTHORNE MUNI
Kind of flying
CK
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
1,211 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
8,300
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
STICK.ACFT LNDG GEAR PENETRATED BLDG ROOF.
Investigator remarks
FUEL GUAGE INOP.PLT CHECKED FUEL WITH FAULTY DIP
Cause factors
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 64/C/01 C PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
- 68/C/E5 C PERSONNEL DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION Cause
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 0098.
Source file
NTSB_1967_2_0098.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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