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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN73AD056

1973-06-27 PROVO, Utah, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 310 · N7714H

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

PROVO MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000035005

Total time

3,210 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,020

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

L OF RWY.BOTH ENGS POOR MECH COND.DENS ALT 6200 FT

Investigator remarks

NO ENG RUNUP.ENGS BACKFIRED ON TKOF.HIT DIKE TO

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AD C
    POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
  • 88/C/29 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
  • 74/C/AF C
    POWERPLANT VALVE ASSEMBLIES Cause
  • 88/C/98 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE Cause
  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
  • 64/B/02 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
  • 64/B/29 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
  • 64/B/81 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
  • 82/L/W L
    WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE

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 1929. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1929.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.