NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC80DNA23
Registry · N4039Q
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7
Year of manufacture
1978 · 2 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4BB68
Registrant of record
RADLOFF MARK 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
BLN WORKS FF-7 · N4039Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
D
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
010° / 35 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000007824
Total time
71 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
381
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G.NO WX RPRT AVBL AT DESTN.
Investigator remarks
WND INCREASED FM 13 TO 35KTS DRG 8MI WTR CROSSIN
Cause factors
- 82/A/H A WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 2797.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2797.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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