NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN70D0018
Registry · N2620R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
POWRACHUTE PEGASUS
Year of manufacture
2004
Engine
ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20071004
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A288D3
Registrant of record
DAFFIN ROBERT VANCE III
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
CESSNA 182 · N2620R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
62° F
Aircraft history
Total time
729 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
78
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D IN MT AREA. TRIED TO CLIMB WHILE IN DOWNDRAFT.
Investigator remarks
IN SLOW FLT,FLAPS EXTENDED CIRCLING CLOSE TO GRN
Cause factors
- 82/A/M A WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/A/I A TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/08 J PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT 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 1861.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_1861.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- arXiv 2022 · arXiv preprint
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- Semantic Scholar 2017 · Article (Trials)
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2014 · Conference paper
FAA Safety Seminar (Open to the General Public)
This seminar will focus on reducing the aviation accident rate through the enhancement of safety culture. Human factors influences on accident and incidents will also be discussed with an emphasis on …
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2003 · Journal article (JAAER)
Desirable Faculty Qualifications as Assessed by Students in the Aeronautical Science Program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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