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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN66F0132

1965-10-18 MEEKER, Colorado, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

AERO CMDR 680 · N6228D

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,637 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

7,300

Age

37

Investigator remarks

AIRCRAFT REFUELED DURING HEAVY RAINSTORM

Cause factors

  • 88/C/87 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
  • 68/C/D2 C
    PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) 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 3031. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3031.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.