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Event SEA77DYM52

1977-07-22 ALBANY, Oregon, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N10321 HILLER ACFT UH-12C None

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

HILLER ACFT UH-12C · N10321

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

ALBANY MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

340° / 5 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000283

Total time

1,291 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,113

Age

31

Investigator remarks

ENGINE LOST POWER DUE TO A LOOSE FUEL LINE B NUT

Cause factors

68/C/D4 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/CB C
POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause
88/C/AV C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Cause
64/B/49 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE

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 2894. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2894.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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