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SEA78FYM07

1977-11-07 · AMITY, Oregon, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N6ZH has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (GUGLIELMI PAUL OSPREY GP4, built 2000), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HILLER ACFT UH-12E · N6ZH
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D4
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
300° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001624
Total time
2,165 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
5,238
Age
47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D WITH R RUDDER,ENTERED R SPIN. 10HRS FLT,LAST 24.

Investigator remarks

UN TO RLSE EXTERNAL LOAD.WX-COCKING.OVERCORRECTE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/08 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/23 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/AQ J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause
  • 88/J/DC J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOAD NOT JETTISONED Joint cause
  • 88/J/62 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE Joint cause
  • 76/J/CD J
    INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES PICK-UP EQUIPMENT Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3799. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3799.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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