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LAX81DUQ23

1981-05-30 · TEHACHAPI, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SIKORSKY S-58 · N8294
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B2
Operator type
Business
Airport
TEHACHAPI-KERN CO
Kind of flying
CK

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
300° / 25 kt
Temp
80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000581105
Total time
5,006 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,500
Age
34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RPORT.WND GSTG 30KTS.

Investigator remarks

MAIN ROTOR STRUCK SIGNPOST IN FUELING AREA ON AI

Cause factors

  • 64/A/08 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1125. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1125.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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