NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX82FA014
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
BELL 206B · N49756
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
NAPA COUNTY
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001913
Total time
3,320 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
4,965
Age
50
Investigator remarks
MTN TOPS OBSCURED.
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/44 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING 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 3476.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_3476.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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