NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN75AD010
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 402 · N3600T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
E
Airport
ARAPAHOE COUNTY
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000402-0205
Total time
2,862 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,577
Age
27
Investigator remarks
HARD LANDING 79 FT SHORT.NOSE WHEEL HIT RWY LIP.
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 88/L/48 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
- 64/B/48 B PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
- 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 3372.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3372.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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