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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA77FYA09

1977-01-26 SALMON, Idaho, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N225RM Bell 214B1 Serious

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 214B1 · N225RM

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D4

Operator type

Public use

Kind of flying

CS

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000028013

Total time

700 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,900

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AD.LOUD BANG,INPUT QUILL FREE-WHEELING UNIT FAILED

Investigator remarks

LOGGING OPN.ATMTD TO LIFT OVR 8000LB EXTERNAL LO

Cause factors

67/C/30 C
CHECK PILOT Cause
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/76 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Cause
88/L/94 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 0142. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0142.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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