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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN71AD021

1970-10-24 AURORA, Colorado, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N342D Beech D18S Minor

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

BEECH D18S · N342D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SKY RANCH

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

240° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000A353

Total time

5,865 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,000

Age

22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DITCH 100FT L OF RWY.OPER NOT AIR TAXI CERTIFIED.

Investigator remarks

L LDG GR STRUT STRUCK EXTDD POS RLSD ABRUPTLY.HI

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
70/L/CA L
AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
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 1507. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1507.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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