NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK65X1043
Registry · N9374F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HUGHES 269B
Year of manufacture
1964 · 0 years old at event
TCDS
4H12 · SCHWEIZER RSG LLC
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19650623
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD0294
Registrant of record
PIERSON ROBERT N
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
HUGHES 269B · N9374F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
DAVIS UNIVERSITY
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
42° F
Aircraft history
Total time
108 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
773
Age
44
Cause factors
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/45 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/03 A PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/18 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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
2 0863.
Source file
NTSB_1964_2_0863.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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