NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK76FJA05
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
BRANTLY 305 · N2224U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C2
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
ALA WAI
Kind of flying
CT
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
065° / 12 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001039
Total time
488 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,077
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FT LANDED IN WATER OFF BEACH.
Investigator remarks
TAIL ROTOR DRIVE FAILURE,UNDETERMINED REASONS.AC
Cause factors
- 78/C/BG C ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor
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 3669.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3669.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- arXiv 2022 · arXiv preprint
Finite volume based film flow and ice accretion models on aircraft wings
The thin runback water films driven by the gas flow, the pressure gradient and the gravity on the iced aircraft surface are investigated in this paper.
- arXiv 2021 · arXiv preprint
Data-driven turbulence modeling in separated flows considering physical mechanism analysis
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