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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA79DYE45

1979-09-15 RENTON, Washington, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9355K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON 108-2

Year of manufacture

1947 · 32 years old at event

Engine

FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES (165 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580919

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACFB4D

Registrant of record

OVERLAND DANIEL W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9355K Hughes 269B Minor

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

HUGHES 269B · N9355K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EI

Operator type

D

Airport

LONGACRES

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000440076

Total time

1,331 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,724

Age

49

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/23 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS

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 2455. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2455.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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