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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA78FA045

1978-07-14 CLEARLAKE, Washington, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N99024 Hiller FH1100 Fatal

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 FH1100 · N99024

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

280° / 5 kt

Temp

59° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000083

Total time

3,165 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

11,500

Age

53

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
88/L/19 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY
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 2434. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2434.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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