NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN68F0171
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
BEECH M35 · N329Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EC
Operator type
Business
Airport
ROSWELL INDUST.
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
170° / 6 kt
Temp
38° F
Aircraft history
Total time
2,867 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,000
Age
53
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FT NOT EQUIPPED WITH GLIDE SLOPE.PROCEDURE TURN.
Investigator remarks
PLT WAS CONCENTRATING SOLELY ON ILS LOCALIZER.AC
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/11 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/06 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING 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
3 4181.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_4181.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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