NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN72AD012
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 172L · N7920G
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
D
Airport
VC BAR
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017259620
Total time
392 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
500
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
S. ACFT NEAR GROSS WT. DENSITY ALT 11500 FT.
Investigator remarks
GO AROUND FROM APCH TO ABANDONED STRIP. HIT TREE
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/07 J PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Joint cause
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 2216.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_2216.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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