NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN74DTC01
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 T210 · N6935R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
RALPH WENZ FIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
290° / 15 kt
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000T210-0335
Total time
1,087 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
3,400
Age
51
Investigator remarks
BLEW TIRE,VEERED OFF RWY.DENS ALT 10000 FT.
Cause factors
- 64/C/80 C PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 64/C/82 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
- 64/B/22 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
- 82/L/W L WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE
- 88/L/AQ L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
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 1836.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1836.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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