NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK76FVM47
Registry · N9770C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LANCAIR LANCAIR ES
Year of manufacture
2022
Engine
TCM IO-550-N (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20221217
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADA001
Registrant of record
ANDERSON JAMES M III
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 ACFT UH-12E · N9770C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DH
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002160
Total time
5,507 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
7,005
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ERY
Investigator remarks
COLLIDED WITH STAND-PIPE 12FT HIGH. SPRAYING CEL
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
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 2714.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_2714.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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