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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC81DHA05

1980-11-25 WHITEHOUSE, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N58281

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HUGHES 269C

Year of manufacture

1978 · 2 years old at event

TCDS

4H12 · SCHWEIZER RSG LLC

Engine

LYCOMING HIO-360-D1A (190 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20140725

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A780E0

Registrant of record

LUECK THOMAS J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N58281 Hughes 300C None

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

HUGHES 300C · N58281

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

Z

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

CG

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

290° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001180734

Total time

1,835 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

6,300

Age

32

Investigator remarks

TAIL ROTOR CUT TAIL BOOM.WIND GUSTING 20K.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 3045. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3045.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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