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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA68A0042

1967-09-30 MISSOULA, Montana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3016R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FIREFLY BALLOONS 2010 INC FIREFLY 12B

Year of manufacture

2012

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20120609

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A32643

Registrant of record

ROCKY MOUNTAIN BALLOON ADVENTURES

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3016R Cessna 320A None

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

CESSNA 320A · N3016R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

MISSOULA COUNTY

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Total time

1,677 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

19,337

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LINE WORN DUE TO HIGH ENG TEMP,IGNITED ACCSY SECT.

Investigator remarks

FUEL PRESS LEFT ENG DROPPED DURING LETDOWN.FUEL

Cause factors

74/C/CB C
POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause
88/C/BL C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/L/51 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE

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 4769. Source file NTSB_1967_3_4769.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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