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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA76FLG11

1975-08-20 LEXINGTON, South Carolina, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8872F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HUGHES 269A

TCDS

4H12 · SCHWEIZER RSG LLC

Engine

LYCOMING HO-360 (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650211

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC3A7A

Registrant of record

CAMERON WILLIAM DOUGLAS JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8872F Hughes 269A 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 269A · N8872F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000063-0238

Total time

1,417 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

300

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IKE DEBRIS.

Investigator remarks

FUEL SAMPLES RVLD LARGE AMTS OF WATER AND RUST-L

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
88/C/64 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL Cause
64/B/49 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE
64/B/18 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M.

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 3286. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3286.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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