NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN69F0114
Registry · N3284W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-260
Year of manufacture
1965 · 3 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19650929
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A38F01
Registrant of record
LOWER JAMES A
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-32 · N3284W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
ARAPAHOE COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
160° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Total time
977 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,100
Age
47
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 82/L/M L WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
- 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 3220.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_3220.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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