NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC78FTG07
Registry · N82791
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL OH-58C
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB4E89
Registrant of record
LANCE AVIATION INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
FAIRCHILD FH1100 · N82791
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B9
Operator type
D
Airport
LARIMORE
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000202
Total time
1,236 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,196
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OSCILLATION OCCURRED RESULTING IN GROUND STRIKE.
Investigator remarks
ACFT IN HOVER FOR RUNUP AFT MAINT.UNCONTROLLABLE
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3263.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3263.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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