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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN74FTC15

1973-10-04 CASPER, Wyoming, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N100HM

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 340A

Year of manufacture

1978

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19781101

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0056F

Registrant of record

SCHULTZ DAVID J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N100HM Beech 65-A90 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

BEECH 65-A90 · N100HM

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Business

Airport

NATRONA CNTY INTL

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

210° / 18 kt

Temp

62° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000LJ-292

Total time

2,629 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

11,069

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TY WIRE MISSING.ACFT CROSSED TWO IRRIGATN DITCHES.

Investigator remarks

PWR CTL ARM NOT ENGAGED WITH FUEL CTL SHAFT.SAFE

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/I9 C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3140. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3140.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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