NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA77FA009
Registry · N8678
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-12IS
Year of manufacture
2022
Engine
ROTAX 912 IS (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20220527
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ABEC48
Registrant of record
SINA ABBAS
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
HILLER ACFT FH1100 · N8678
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
LONGACRES
Kind of flying
A2
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000093
Total time
1,869 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,194
Age
32
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TIVE DESCENT.PIC-3HRS IN TYPE,CK PLT-4HRS IN TYPE.
Investigator remarks
LATE FLARE DRG PWR RECOVERY FM PRACTICE AUTOROTA
Cause factors
- 64/A/25 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 67/J/30 J CHECK PILOT Joint cause
- 67/J/31 J CHECK PILOT Joint cause
- 88/J/85 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS 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 3526.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_3526.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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