NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN71FXD34
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
AMER AVCO AA-1 · N5610L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
SKY RANCH
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
045° / 10 kt
Temp
46° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000012
Total time
217 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
996
Age
23
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
T,L QUARTERING TAIL WIND 10K.DENSITY ALT 6200 FT.
Investigator remarks
ENTERED NOSE HI ATTITUDE AFTER T/O. NEAR GROSS W
Cause factors
- 66/A/16 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause
- 88/J/85 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS 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 4154.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_4154.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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