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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN71DXD21

1970-08-16 AURORA, Colorado, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9561S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION 7GCAA

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19651101

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD4D7D

Registrant of record

FERGUSON GLEN P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9561S Champion 7ECA None

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

CHAMPION 7ECA · N9561S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

SKY RANCH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000056

Total time

665 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

77

Age

31

Investigator remarks

WENT INTO PLOWED AREA OFF RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 3222. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3222.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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