NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN66A0009
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
PIPER PA-24 · N7960P
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
RUIDOSO MUNI
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,297 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
12,261
Age
53
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HEN TRIED GO AROUND UNDER IMPOSSIBLE CONDITIONS.
Investigator remarks
PILOT FORGOT GEAR-EXTENDED IT CHANGED HIS MIND T
Cause factors
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 82/C/W C WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Cause
- 83/C/I C TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
- 64/J/10 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR 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 0765.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0765.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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