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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN76FTE05

1975-07-07 LAKE CITY, Colorado, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5RJ

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

JAMSEK RICHARD A RUTAN LONG EZ

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20001205

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A636BE

Registrant of record

PILKINGTON LAWRENCE O

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5RJ Piper PA-23 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 PA-23 · N5RJ

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

VC LODGE STRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000023-337

Total time

3,600 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,677

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

URE.HAD TO HOLD GR TO CLR PWR LINES.

Investigator remarks

D/A 11500FT.RT ENG OUT 150FT AGL.PLT LND IN PAST

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
82/K/W K
WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 3729. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3729.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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