NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80FVM26
Registry · N9002T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HEAD BALLOONS INC AX8-88
Year of manufacture
2022
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20220606
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC71DC
Registrant of record
ROYER SEAN MICHAEL 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
TOM CAT I · N9002T
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
55° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Total time
2,558 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,284
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RS.AD 70-10-08 RQRD REMOVAL BFR 600HRS.CAULIFLOWER
Investigator remarks
TAIL ROTOR BLADE,PN 47-642-102,FAILED APRX 1232H
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 78/C/AB C ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR BLADES Cause
- 88/C/36 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
- 88/L/49 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
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 1634.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1634.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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