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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70AK060

1970-05-15 KANSAS CITY, Kansas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8868F Hughes 269A Fatal

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 · N8868F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

CG

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

310° / 10 kt

Temp

58° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000063-0232

Total time

2,381 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

7,067

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E HANDLE UP WHEN ENG OVRSPED,LOSS OF RRPM OCCURRED

Investigator remarks

PLT INADVERTENTLY DISENGAGED CLUTCH.FAILED TO SE

Cause factors

64/C/44 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION 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 0817. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0817.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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