NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN75DQA30
Registry · N7KP
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DIAMOND AIRCRAFT DA 40
Year of manufacture
2005
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-M1A+ (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20050617
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A950CB
Registrant of record
SKY SAFETY INC
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
KANE HUMBUG · N7KP
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
ALAMEDA
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
260° / 10 kt
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Total time
1 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
385
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N DESIRED RPM.DESIGN CG AFT OF OPTIMUM.DA 5500FT
Investigator remarks
ENGINE VW 1600CC,PROP HEGY 50/40.COULD NOT OBTAI
Cause factors
- 68/C/J2 C PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/B/81 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 0128.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_0128.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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