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Event DEN71FXD51

1971-02-21 AURORA, Colorado, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8209F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-236

Year of manufacture

1982

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19820511

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB3474

Registrant of record

RICH IVAN H JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8209F Cessna 150F None

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 150F · N8209F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SKY RANCH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

045° / 10 kt

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015064309

Total time

1,729 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

158

Age

20

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LY 6000FT. RAN OFF END OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

ICE,SNOW ON UPPER SURFACES OF ACFT.DENS ALT APRX

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/74 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET 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 0909. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0909.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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