NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC71AN045
Registry · N4528E
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HEAD BALLOONS INC AX8-88
Year of manufacture
1992
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19920406
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A57CFF
Registrant of record
BRISTOL DAVID W
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
AERO COMDR 680-FL · N4528E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
E
Airport
NEWPORT STATE
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
225° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
00001663-129
Total time
1,558 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,158
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
READS ON SHOULDERS OF TIRE.
Investigator remarks
NOSE TIRE BLEW OUT ON T/O. INVEST SHOWED BARE TH
Cause factors
- 70/A/CF A AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BQ A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CV A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1512.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1512.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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