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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN71FQA07

1970-08-23 TAOS, New Mexico, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N601G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FETZER GEORGE 601XL

Engine

SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B (400 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20101204

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7CB8C

Registrant of record

WRIGHT BRADLEY P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N601G AERO COMDR 680V 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

AERO COMDR 680V · N601G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

72° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001605-44

Total time

887 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

10,554

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

KOF WAS ABOVE VMC BUT UN TO ATTAIN VYSE.

Investigator remarks

DENS ALT APRXLY 9200 FT.ACFT WT APRXLY 9100 LB.T

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
82/B/W B
WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE
88/3/07 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 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 1985. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1985.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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