NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN71FTC03
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-25 · N7395Z
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DK
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000025-3356
Total time
1,414 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
7,402
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HITTING GND.DENS ALT APRX 9700FT.SPRYNG SAGEBRSH.
Investigator remarks
ENCNTRD DOWNDRAFT,RELEASED LOAD,UN RCVR PRIOR TO
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/M A WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
- 88/J/62 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE Joint cause
- 88/J/24 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD 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 0629.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0629.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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