NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA77FYE19
Registry · N17301
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING 737-8
Year of manufacture
2023
TCDS
A16WE · BOEING
Engine
CFM INTL LEAP-1B28 SER
Seats / Engines
175 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20230329
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A126C4
Registrant of record
UMB BANK NA TRUSTEE
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 47D1 · N17301
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
315° / 4 kt
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000WH5016
Total time
1,422 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
5,085
Age
29
Investigator remarks
INVESTIGATING OVERTURNED RAFT.STRUCK WIRES.
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/08 J PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT 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 2084.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_2084.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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