NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA69F0129
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
HUGHES 269A · N8772F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 14 kt
Temp
66° F
Aircraft history
Total time
749 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
1,665
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
400 FT AGL.
Investigator remarks
PRACTISE AUTOROTATIVE LDG. LOST ROTOR RPM APPROX
Cause factors
- 88/A/85 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 66/A/23 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 66/A/18 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT 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 3971.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_3971.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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