NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK71DVM43
Registry · N90459
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MANESS WILLIAM A MANESS SPECIAL
Year of manufacture
2008
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20080506
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC8131
Registrant of record
MANESS WILLIAM A
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
HILLER UH12L4 · N90459
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C3
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B4
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002517
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,900
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
BY FIRE.
Investigator remarks
ACFT HIT LOG WHILE LIFTING,CRASHED,WAS DESTROYED
Cause factors
- 83/A/E A TERRAIN HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/A/D A TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION 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 0615.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0615.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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