NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN71DXD56
Registry · N513M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MIDGET MUSTANG M-1
Year of manufacture
1969 · 2 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19991102
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A66DA7
Registrant of record
GEORGE JAMES C
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
M.MUSTANG M-1 · N513M
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
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000338
Total time
101 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
190
Age
23
Investigator remarks
GRADED SNOW ON RWY.L LDG GR AND WING DMGD.
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/C/31 C PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
- 80/L/BC L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY
- 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 0036.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0036.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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