NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC69D0218
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
HELICOM SAH100 · N828Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
D
Airport
FINLEYVILLE
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
55° F
Aircraft history
Total time
41 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
795
Age
57
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ROTORCFT-M/R NOT BALANCED CORDWISE DURING ASSEMBLY
Investigator remarks
PLT WAS TEACHING HIMSELF TO FLY HOME-BUILT ACFT.
Cause factors
- 84/C/J C MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause
- 88/C/54 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LATERAL IMBALANCE Cause
- 64/J/02 J PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL 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 3699.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_3699.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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