NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA76DYI09
Registry · N2ZH
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CIRRUS DESIGN SR22
Year of manufacture
2001
TCDS
A00009CH · CIRRUS DESIGN CORP
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20010716
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A18F98
Registrant of record
CLT THOMPSON HOLDINGS LLC
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 47J-2A · N2ZH
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Z
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Z
Kind of flying
DY
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000003110
Total time
1,700 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
ZA (ZA)
Investigator remarks
STOLEN ACFT. INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/26 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STOLEN OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3038.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3038.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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