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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA79FLD28

1978-12-27 KISSIMMEE, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3099G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7-15

Year of manufacture

1996

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19961015

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3445B

Registrant of record

GLAESER LILYAN C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3099G Bell 47J2A 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

BELL 47J2A · N3099G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

CY

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003312

Total time

10,895 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,740

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CK WASHER.SIGHTSEEING FLT.

Investigator remarks

CAMSHAFT BECAME INOP DUE IMPROPERLY INSTALLED LO

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/AY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/CB C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED 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 4048. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4048.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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