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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN74FTE24

1973-10-07 AURORA, Colorado, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N125PC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH V35B

Year of manufacture

1978

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780612

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0678D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

STOLP STARLT · N125PC

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

EAST COLFAX

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

220° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000288-8639

Total time

55 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

800

Age

58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LND RWY 33,26 LISTED AVAIL.

Investigator remarks

VEERED R OFF RWY INTO DIRT RIDGE.GUSTING TO 30K.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/28 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 64/C/80 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
  • 82/C/H C
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 80/L/BY L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 3148. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3148.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.