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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN76FTC38

1976-07-03 ROCK SPRINGS, Wyoming, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6710G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150L

Year of manufacture

1970 · 6 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19700923

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8E1CE

Registrant of record

SHELTON DALE E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6710G Cessna 150L Minor

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 150L · N6710G

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

270° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015072210

Total time

4,185 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

181

Age

54

Investigator remarks

LANDED ALONG SIDE OF RAILROAD TRACKS.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2116. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2116.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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