NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA80FA002
Registry · N219RM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 1900C
Year of manufacture
1988
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6A-65B (1173 hp)
Seats / Engines
19 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20090210
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1DC74
Registrant of record
MORO AIRCRAFT LEASING INC
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
AEROSPATIAL SA315B · N219RM
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
CK
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 5 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002465
Total time
2,797 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,534
Age
32
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OSIS,LEFT CORONARY ARTERY.
Investigator remarks
SNAGGED SLING IN TREES.OBLITERATIVE ARTERIOSCLER
Cause factors
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/65 J PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2676.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_2676.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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