NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN76FQA46
Registry · N6851R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA T210G
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19670225
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A91855
Registrant of record
6851R LLC
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
CESSNA T210 · N6851R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
LOS ALAMOS
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
360° / 12 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Total time
2,500 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
3,103
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NG TO 30K.
Investigator remarks
PILOT STATE THAT HE FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR. GUSTI
Cause factors
- 64/A/10 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/J/CL J AIRFRAME LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS Joint cause
- 88/J/95 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Joint cause
- 88/J/03 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Joint cause
- 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 1476.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_1476.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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