NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC76FGM05
Registry · N90424
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HILLER UH-12B
Year of manufacture
1951 · 24 years old at event
TCDS
6H2 · SIAM HILLER HOLDINGS INC
Engine
FRANKLIN 6V4 SERIES (210 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740926
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC80C3
Registrant of record
MEEKS WILLIAM M III
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
HILLER ACFT UH-12B · N90424
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C5
Operator type
Business
Airport
BEAVER COUNTY
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
005° / 180 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000389
Total time
1,998 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,504
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IT GND.
Investigator remarks
PLT HEARD LOUD BANG,ATMTD QUICK STOP,TAIL BOOM H
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 3533.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3533.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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