NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN70AD046
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
AERO COMDR 680V · N6359U
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
E
Airport
SARDY FLD
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
PARTIAL OBSCURATION
Temp
30° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000001536-4
Total time
2,077 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
5,865
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D PRO IN CO OPNS MAN.MT OBSCD BY ICE ON WINDSHIELD
Investigator remarks
PLT DIDNT FOLLOW CO INFORMAL GOARND PRO.NO GOARN
Cause factors
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/E4 A PERSONNEL FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/A/I A TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/75 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-WINDSHIELD Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/19 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Joint cause
- 75/J/DC J SYSTEMS WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS Joint cause
- 82/J/F J WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
- //0 — Code not found in ct_Pre1982 codebook
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 0033.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_0033.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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