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SEA70DWA06

1970-03-09 · BEAVERTON, Oregon, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HILLER ACFT FH1100 · N750FH
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
090° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000050
Total time
412 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
592
Age
54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BROKE LOOSE FAILED 6TH STAGE BLADES AND STATORS.

Investigator remarks

PLASTIC COATING ON 5TH STAGE COMPRESSOR SECTION

Cause factors

  • 74/C/MY C
    POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 64/B/23 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0769. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0769.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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