NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK78DVM37
Registry · N9002T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HEAD BALLOONS INC AX8-88
Year of manufacture
2022
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20220606
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC71DC
Registrant of record
ROYER SEAN MICHAEL W
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
BELL H-13B · N9002T
Damage
Destroyed
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
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000734
Total time
1,900 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,250
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ORKING IN ADJACENT FIELD.
Investigator remarks
HIT POWERLINE WHILE MANUVERING TO AVOID PEOPLE W
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2068.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2068.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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