NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN74DTE52
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 172K · N7064G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
EAGLE COUNTY
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
007° / 7 kt
Temp
26° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017258764
Total time
1,864 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,467
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SHAFT.ACFT NOSED OVER IN KNEE DEEP SNOW.
Investigator remarks
STUDENT GLIDER RATED.THROTTLE CONTROL ARM OFF OF
Cause factors
- 74/C/CG C POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
- 88/C/BM C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
- 68/C/D5 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause
- 83/B/B B TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED
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 0246.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0246.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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