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SEA79FYM06

1978-11-09 · SALEM, Oregon, United States · None · 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
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C2
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
CY

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001624
Total time
2,528 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,240
Age
38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ILED AT LOW ALT.

Investigator remarks

SLING LOAD-XMAS TREES. DIAPHRAM IN BOOST PUMP FA

Cause factors

  • 74/C/CH C
    POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 88/C/CL C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE TOO LOW Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3844. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3844.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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