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LAX81DUK03

1981-09-20 · GADSDEN, Arizona, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HILLER ACFT UH-12E · N62903
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DK
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
360° / 3 kt
Temp
78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000 1097
Total time
10,440 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,353
Age
32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N TO STOP DSCNT W COLLECTIVE/THROTTLE.SUGAR BEETS.

Investigator remarks

BGN SETTLING DRG PROCEDURE TURN OVR 60FT WIRES,U

Cause factors

  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2294. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2294.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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