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SEA78DYP24

1978-04-29 · WALLA WALLA, Washington, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N134CB has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH 56TC, built 1967), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CAM BALLOON V-56 · N134CB
Damage
None
Craft type
D
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
WALLA WALLA MUNI
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
220° / 15 kt
Temp
60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000337
Total time
6 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,230
Age
46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ROM BASKET. GUSTING TO 18K.

Investigator remarks

BALLOON RALLY. ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT. PAX FELL F

Cause factors

  • 82/A/M A
    WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/T J
    WEATHER ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0759. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0759.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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