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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN67I0027

1966-10-06 COLO.SPRINGS, 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

LOCKHEED TV-2 · N155

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

G

Airport

PETERSON FIELD

Kind of flying

DQ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

200° / 7 kt

Temp

74° F

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,800

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D. ONLY LEFT GEAR ENGAGED CAUSING SWERVE TO LEFT.

Investigator remarks

LEFT BRAKE FAILED. BARRIER CONTACTED AT LOW SPEE

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 5 0006. Source file NTSB_1966_5_0006.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.