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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN73AD049

1973-05-17 FT.COLLINS, Colorado, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5461V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T303

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 2 engines

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6F0C5

Registrant of record

GOLDT ROBERT

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5461V N.AMERICAN P-51D Fatal

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

N.AMERICAN P-51D · N5461V

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

VALLEY AIRPARK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 20 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00044-73210N

Total time

1,671 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

428

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OSE HI R TURN.

Investigator remarks

MIXT CTL FOUND IN IDLE CUT OFF POS.LOST CTL IN N

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
64/3/21 3
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Subordinate · 3
88/3/96 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Subordinate · 3

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 1080. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1080.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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