NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC78FA020
Registry · N200BA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES GULFSTREAM 200
Year of manufacture
2002
Engine
P&W CANADA PW306A
Seats / Engines
19 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20040301
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1921D
Registrant of record
GL200MGMD 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
BELL 206L · N200BA
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
220° / 5 kt
Temp
33° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000045064
Total time
684 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,649
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RESSURE SETTING 30.05 HG.STRUCK TREES 1200FT MSL.
Investigator remarks
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE IN AREA 30.18 HG,ALTIMETER P
Cause factors
- 64/A/19 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/01 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING 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 2359.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2359.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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