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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN69D0077

1968-08-24 LITTLETON, Colorado, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8469Y Piper PA-30 None

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-30 · N8469Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

COLUMBINE

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Total time

52 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,500

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AERONCA N84395 ON LDG ROLL.

Investigator remarks

INTNTNL SWERVE TO AVOID COLLISION WITH UNLIGHTED

Cause factors

84/C/7 C
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause
68/C/K0 C
PERSONNEL PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT Cause
80/B/BF B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS
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 2778. Source file NTSB_1968_3_2778.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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