NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK66A0013
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
BREEZE H1 · N73636
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Airport
LINCOLN MUN
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
125° / 10 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Total time
99 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
350
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PILOT-IMPROPER INSTALLATION BY PILOT/BUILDER.
Investigator remarks
ROTOR BLADE COUNTERWEIGHT CAME OFF DURING FLIGHT
Cause factors
- 84/C/J C MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause
- 88/L/94 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE
- 88/L/CH L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OUT OF BALANCE
- 88/L/CP L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SHEARED
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
2 0701.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0701.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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