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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN73DTE43

1972-12-11 LITTLETON, Colorado, United States None 2 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 182L · N3188R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Z

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

COLUMBINE AIRPARK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

120° / 30 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000015415

Total time

5,055 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

168

Age

42

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 35K.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/L/BB L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY
64/L/02 L
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT 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 3833. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3833.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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