NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC77FNE28
Registry · N1BF
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH E-55
Year of manufacture
1973 · 4 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19731227
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00021
Registrant of record
RUSSELL KELLUM LLC
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
HEBEL B-1 · N1BF
Damage
Minor
Craft type
D
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DY
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000HEBEL-001
Total time
99 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
42
Age
51
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
R.BECAME AIRBORNE,PLT NOT PREPARED.
Investigator remarks
ATTEMPTING TO MOVE HOT-AIR BALLOON BY HAND-TETHE
Cause factors
- 64/A/19 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/24 A PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/25 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF 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 1623.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_1623.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- arXiv 2021 · arXiv preprint
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- arXiv 2020 · arXiv preprint
Gamma Radiation Source Localization for Micro Aerial Vehicles with a Miniature Single-Detector Compton Event Camera
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 · Journal article (IJAAA)
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