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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN76DTE33

1975-10-19 AURORA, Colorado, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N32950

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER J-3

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19710405

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A392DF

Registrant of record

KLOSS MATTHEW

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N32950 Piper J-3 None

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 J-3 · N32950

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000005734

Total time

3,150 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

417

Age

37

Investigator remarks

ENG FAILED INTERNALLY.

Cause factors

74/C/AA C
POWERPLANT CRANKCASE Cause
74/C/AC C
POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
88/C/97 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL STARVATION Cause
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/J/AH J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE 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 3382. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3382.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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