NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN73FTE50
Registry · N240SC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MAULE M-7-260C
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19981210
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A23192
Registrant of record
PUTT LARRY F
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
PIPER PA-28 · N240SC
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
WELD COUNTY,COLO
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Temp
27° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000028-26232
Total time
1,313 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,081
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
.LOST ALTITUDE.FLEW INTO HAYSTACK.
Investigator remarks
IFR TAKEOFF.WENT ON AND OFF INSTMNTS.DISORIENTED
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 0311.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_0311.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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