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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN72DTE29

1971-08-28 AURORA, Colorado, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N23175

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172S

Year of manufacture

2024

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20240731

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A20FA2

Registrant of record

CAREER TRACK 2 LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N23175 Cessna 150H 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 150H · N23175

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SKY RANCH ARPT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

110° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015068772

Total time

1,086 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

105

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D,CONT FLT,LNDD WO NS GR,LEFT RWY,HIT DITCH.

Investigator remarks

ENROUTE PLT LOST ALT,STRUCK UNKWN OBJ,NS GR SPRT

Cause factors

64/C/54 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause
70/C/CE C
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/94 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
88/L/49 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT

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 3168. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3168.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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