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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN75AD011

1974-09-12 RAWLINS, Wyoming, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 310 · N7643Q

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

E

Airport

RAWLINS MUNI

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

040° / 5 kt

Temp

29° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000310-0422

Total time

1,196 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,268

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

X GROSS.ICE FOUND ON UPPER SURFACES OF ACFT.

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH TRUCKS,WIRES,POLE. ACFT WT NEAR MA

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/74 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/F J
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause

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 3216. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3216.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.