NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX82IA022
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 206L-1 · N57397
Damage
None
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
270° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000045460
Total time
538 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NG TO UPPER MAG PLUG IN CHIP DETECTOR LGT SYS.
Investigator remarks
FND FAILURE OF 2 1/2 ENG BRG & OPEN IN ELEC WIRI
Cause factors
- 74/A/MI A POWERPLANT BEARING,ROTOR SHAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 74/J/R6 J POWERPLANT MAGNETIC PLUG Joint cause
- 75/J/AJ J SYSTEMS RELAYS AND WIRING Joint cause
- 88/J/CG J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OPEN 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
5 0063.
Source file
NTSB_1981_5_0063.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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