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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA76FLA65

1976-08-27 PENSACOLA, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9553F Hughes 269B Minor

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 · N9553F

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C3

Operator type

D

Airport

PRIVATE HELIOPORT

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

89° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000790430

Total time

6,151 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

5,650

Age

33

Investigator remarks

TAIL ROTOR FORK BOLT LOST IN FLT TSO UNK

Cause factors

78/C/BH C
ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION 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 3898. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3898.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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