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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN67F0102

1966-08-28 LITTLETON, Colorado, United States None 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

LUSCOMBE 8A · N1095K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

COLUMBINE

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,804 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,780

Age

28

Investigator remarks

LEFT SPRING ON TAIL WHEEL CONTROL FAILED.

Cause factors

  • 70/C/CD C
    AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2501. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2501.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.