NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN73FTM27
Registry · N14076
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WACO UMF
Year of manufacture
1934 · 39 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR R670-SERIES (225 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19890124
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0A61C
Registrant of record
SHUE JOHN I JR
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
WACO UMF · N14076
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
OGDEN MUNI
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
300° / 6 kt
Temp
61° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000003941
Total time
2,755 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,857
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CAUSED LEAN MIXT.
Investigator remarks
MIXT CTL WIRE CAME LOOSE FROM LEVER ATTACH BOLT,
Cause factors
- 74/C/I1 C POWERPLANT MIXTURE CONTROL ASSEMBLIES Cause
- 88/C/29 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
- 88/C/BM C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 83/B/F B TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
- 88/L/24 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD
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 1001.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1001.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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