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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA71FKG96

1971-06-14 SAVANNAH, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9444F Hughes 269B None

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

HUGHES 269B · N9444F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C6

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 4 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000125-0218

Total time

1,213 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,898

Age

24

Investigator remarks

HIGH GWT,HUMIDITY.UNABLE TO REMAIN AIRBORNE.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/18 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. Cause
82/L/U L
WEATHER HIGH TEMPERATURE
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2081. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2081.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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