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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN70DXD30

1970-04-21 AURORA, Colorado, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8344G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150F

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19651119

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB6A21

Registrant of record

DONAT BRANDON L

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 150F · N8344G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

L

Airport

BUCKLEY FIELD

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

080° / 6 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000150-6244

Total time

2,257 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

44

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CORRECTED TO L.

Investigator remarks

ACFT TOUCHED DOWN IN APPROX 30DG R CRAB,PLT OVER

Cause factors

  • 64/C/23 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
  • 68/C/C1 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT Cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 1697. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1697.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.