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SEA82DYM07

1981-12-03 · NASHVILLE, Oregon, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HILLER ACFT UH-12E · N161HA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D4
Operator type
Public use
Kind of flying
CK

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
225° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000HA3061
Total time
3,191 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,511
Age
31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NTO FUEL CELL.FILTER ON TRUCK BYPASSED.

Investigator remarks

SEAL ON FWD TNK LID ON SUPPLY TRUCK LEAKED WTR I

Cause factors

  • 68/C/E5 C
    PERSONNEL DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION Cause
  • 88/C/87 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3185. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3185.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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