NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN74AD048
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
MAULE M-4C · N9851M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Z
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
315° / 35 kt
Temp
52° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000006C
Total time
1,419 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,000
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
VER MAX GWT.770LB NARCOTICS ON BOARD.
Investigator remarks
ACDT DATE PRESUMED.WRECKAGE FOUND 4/10/74.ACFT O
Cause factors
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0639.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0639.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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