NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA72FYI04
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
KAMAN HUK-1 · N9847
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
MEDFORD
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000581836
Total time
479 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,918
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D,DID NOT WANT TO LOSE BUCKET,LOST RPM,SETTLED.
Investigator remarks
WHL EQPD.ATMTD TO FILL BUCKET,COULD NOT LIFT LOA
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/DC A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOAD NOT JETTISONED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/18 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2947.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_2947.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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