NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN76AD057
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-28R · N3784T
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
STAPLETON INTL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
180° / 10 kt
Temp
87° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00028R-30097
Total time
1,605 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
575
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. CABIN DOOR OPENED AFTER TKOF.
Investigator remarks
WIND SPEED INCREASED SUDDENLY FROM 10 TO 36 KTS
Cause factors
- 82/C/I C WEATHER WIND SHEAR Cause
- 82/C/X C WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 64/B/27 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
- 64/K/08 K PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT 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 2443.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_2443.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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