NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN69D0022
Registry · N136F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20010605
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A091F8
Registrant of record
HALTOM ALAN W
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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-28 · N136F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
090° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Total time
1,293 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,403
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
S. FAILED TO DIVERT TO NEARBY OPEN ARPT.
Investigator remarks
PLT NOT INST RATED,DESCENDED INTO INST CONDITION
Cause factors
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING 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 1625.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_1625.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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