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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN71FXA11

1970-10-02 WALLCOTT, Wyoming, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8670Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA TP206C

Year of manufacture

1968 · 2 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19681226

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABEB48

Registrant of record

LOGAN ROBERT E

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

CESSNA TP206 · N8670Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EY

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 12 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000P206-0470

Total time

444 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

876

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RED HALF FLAPS.DENSITY ALT ABOUT 8800 FT.STOL ACFT

Investigator remarks

ATTEMPTED TO TURN AROUND DUE RISING TERRAIN.LOWE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
  • 82/J/W J
    WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
  • 64/J/71 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS 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 3882. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3882.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.