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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN74DTE46

1974-01-16 ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2653Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182K

Year of manufacture

1966 · 8 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19661230

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A29460

Registrant of record

MOSES AND ASSOCIATES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2653Q Cessna 182K None

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 182K · N2653Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

ARAPAHOE COUNTY

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

160° / 5 kt

Temp

36° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018257853

Total time

2,863 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

580

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

KOF.

Investigator remarks

SNOW BANK BESIDE RWY.STUDENT WAS MAKING HOODED T

Cause factors

66/C/79 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor

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 0007. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0007.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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