NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN75AD020
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
PIPER PA-28 · N3994R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EC
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
310° / 13 kt
Temp
44° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0028-7105098
Total time
1,166 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,631
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AY OF ACDT.
Investigator remarks
LOST CTL AT OUTER MARKER. PLT HAD FLOWN 10 HRS D
Cause factors
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/62 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/06 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN 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 3785.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3785.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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