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SEA76DYC44

1976-05-04 · ALSEA, Oregon, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N6ZH has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (GUGLIELMI PAUL OSPREY GP4, built 2000), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HILLER ACFT UH-12E · N6ZH
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
DD

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Temp
50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001624
Total time
1,645 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,832
Age
29

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2333. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2333.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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