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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC77DCQ37

1977-05-11 OAKLEY, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5073F Hiller FH1100 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

HILLER FH1100 · N5073F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000240

Total time

920 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,413

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WIND DURING DOWNWIND TURN

Investigator remarks

PILOT ENCOUNTERED UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN SURFACE

Cause factors

64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint 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 1138. Source file NTSB_1977_3_1138.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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