NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN71DXD35
Registry · N8061N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-140
Year of manufacture
1969 · 1 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19690129
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAFAAF
Registrant of record
NORTH FLORIDA FLYERS LLC
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
PIPER PA-28 · N8061N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
COLUMBINE
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000025310
Total time
1,209 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
170
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
XYING TO PARKING AREA. RAMP SLOPE RESTRICTED VIEW.
Investigator remarks
SWERVED INTO GAS TRUCK TRYING TO AVOID CESSNA TA
Cause factors
- 64/A/44 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/7 A MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/K0 J PERSONNEL PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 80/J/A4 J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RAMP FACILITIES Joint cause
- 88/J/CX J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CONGESTED RAMP/TAXIWAY 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 4130.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_4130.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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