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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN71AD026

1970-12-04 CHEYENNE, Wyoming, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N156

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T182T

Year of manufacture

2012

TCDS

3A13 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

LYCOMING TIO-540-AK1A (235 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20140709

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0E078

Registrant of record

KOCHE GARY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N156 Lockheed TV-2 Serious

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

LOCKHEED TV-2 · N156

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

G

Airport

CHEYENNE MUNI

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

290° / 28 kt

Temp

44° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000128705

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

4,127

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

START. LOW KEY 9500FT. WIND GUSTING 41K.

Investigator remarks

T.O.2J-J33-125-4 NOT COMPLIED WITH AFTR PREV HOT

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/PI C
POWERPLANT RETENTION,BLADE Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
88/C/AH C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause
64/B/28 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR 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 2173. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2173.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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