NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73DHD73
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
BRANTLY B-2 · N4997C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
D
Airport
SHANNON FIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0028-7305066
Total time
64 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
79
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LOOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND HIT DIRT BANK.
Investigator remarks
DURING LANDING INSTR PLT ALLOWED STUDENT PLT TO
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/32 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/63 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/B/45 B PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
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 2945.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_2945.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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