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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK76FVG98

1976-08-05 NAPA, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ARNHART H L/CURRY F E SWEARINGEN SX300

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19900809

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7C387

Registrant of record

SALE REPORTED

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6L Piccard AX-6 Minor

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

PICCARD AX-6 · N6L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

D

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

74° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000783

Total time

46 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

58

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BY BUTANE GAS BURNER.

Investigator remarks

ACFT IS A HOT AIR BALLOON WITH BASKET,OPERATING

Cause factors

82/A/H A
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/A/M A
WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 1853. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1853.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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