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DEN69F0099

1968-07-27 · CREEDE, Colorado, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA TP206B · N4726F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
CREEDE
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Temp
70° F

Aircraft history

Total time
511 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
414
Age
36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AR MNTN RIDGE. ATTEMPT LNDG ON HAZARDOUS MNTN ROAD

Investigator remarks

ACFT OBS IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS IN MARGINAL WEA NE

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 64/B/04 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
  • 64/B/27 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
  • 82/K/A K
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint factor
  • 82/K/X K
    WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY Joint factor
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4493. Source file NTSB_1968_3_4493.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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