NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA74DYE44
Registry · N1325X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
STEVEN JOSEPH BALDWIN PA18X
Year of manufacture
2024
Engine
LYCOMING O-320-A2B (150 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20240827
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A085BC
Registrant of record
BALDWIN STEVEN
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 47G3B1 · N1325X
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
D4
Operator type
Public use
Kind of flying
CS
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000006547
Total time
2,435 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
9,244
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AIL ROTOR STRUCK LOG.
Investigator remarks
PLT HOVRNG OVER RVRBED SURVYNG LNDNG SITE WHEN T
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/Y J TERRAIN OTHER Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN 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 1427.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_1427.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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