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LAX81DJA01

1981-10-18 · KAHULUI MAUI, Hawaii, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HILLER ACFT UH-12E · N119HA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
020° / 10 kt
Temp
79° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000HA3019
Total time
2,015 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
12,200
Age
42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T MISSING.

Investigator remarks

NO. 6 BEARING CAP FORWARD CONNECTING ROD BOLT NU

Cause factors

  • 68/A/D6 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 74/A/AC A
    POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/K/F K
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2428. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2428.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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