NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX71FUG94
Registry · N8900F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DJI MAVIC AIR 2
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC47B2
Registrant of record
MOFFETT CHARLES W
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
HUGHES 269A · N8900F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
A2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000083-0276
Total time
767 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,185
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DE.
Investigator remarks
PWR LOSS AT 300 FT AGL.ACFT CAME TO REST ON L SI
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 64/B/18 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M.
- 64/B/49 B PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
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 0551.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0551.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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