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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC80FCD21

1980-07-23 COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8644F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HUGHES 269C

Year of manufacture

1977 · 3 years old at event

TCDS

4H12 · SCHWEIZER RSG LLC

Engine

LYCOMING HIO-360 SER (205 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770909

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABE09D

Registrant of record

BEMER AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8644F Hughes 269C 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 269C · N8644F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EH

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

COUNCIL BLUFFS

Kind of flying

DY

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000770619

Total time

542 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,680

Age

28

Investigator remarks

DEPARTED RAMP TO LAND ON PORTABLE PAD.

Cause factors

64/A/23 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/AX A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS GROUND RESONANCE 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 1175. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1175.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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