NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN73DTE07
Registry · N2611K
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LUSCOMBE 8A
Year of manufacture
1947 · 25 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560706
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A28539
Registrant of record
GENGARELLY CLARE O
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
LUSCOMBE 8A · N2611K
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
FREMONT COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
045° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000005338
Total time
1,142 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
282
Age
21
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NXPRNCD MNTN PLT UNTIL PRECAUTNRY LNDG OFFARPT NEC
Investigator remarks
EXTREME TURB ENCNTRD IN MNTN PASS.FLT CONTD BY I
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/05 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/H A WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/A/I A TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/02 J PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL 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 2596.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_2596.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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