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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN75FTE46

1975-01-15 AURORA, Colorado, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N235

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MAULE MT-7-235

Year of manufacture

2000

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20001003

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A21B12

Registrant of record

SANITARY ENVIRONMENTAL RECYCLERS CORP

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

KINMAN LTNG BUG · N235

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

EAST COLFAX

Kind of flying

DA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 15 kt

Temp

35° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000014

Total time

10 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

348

Age

24

Investigator remarks

BECAME AIRBORNE DRG HI SPEED TAXI-GUSTING TO 18K

Cause factors

  • 64/A/31 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/23 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 0110. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0110.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.