NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX77FUQ22
Registry · N20441
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
FIREFLY BALLOONS INC FIREFLY 8B-15
Year of manufacture
2006
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20060403
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1A3DD
Registrant of record
JD ADVENTURES LLC
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
CESSNA 172M · N20441
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
D
Airport
INYOKERN
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Temp
35° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017261290
Total time
1,670 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
93
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SAGEBRUSH JUST BFOR IMPACT. 1ST NITE FLT IN 10 MOS
Investigator remarks
GO ARND DUE GRND FOG. PAX TOLD PLT HE COULD SEE
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint 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
3 0453.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0453.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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