NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA80DYM10
Registry · N55963
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AEROSPATIALE SA315B
Year of manufacture
1975 · 4 years old at event
TCDS
H1IN · AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
Engine
TURBOMECA ARTOUSTEIIIB (858 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19770624
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A72420
Registrant of record
INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES INC TRUSTEE
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
AEROSPATLE SA315B · N55963
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D4
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
225° / 8 kt
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002428
Total time
1,327 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,495
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
BUCKET REPAIR OPNS.
Investigator remarks
M/R BLADES HIT TRACTOR BUCKET DURING FERTILIZER
Cause factors
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/K3 J PERSONNEL GROUND CREWMAN Joint cause
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 3098.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3098.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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