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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN76FTE39

1975-11-07 CRESTED BUTTE, Colorado, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1284F Cessna A185F 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 A185F · N1284F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

PRIVATE STRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

12° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000185-02808

Total time

117 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,068

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LOPE.

Investigator remarks

ENG LOST POWER AFTER LIFTOFF. PLT LND. RWY DOWNS

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
80/K/BK K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE 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 3377. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3377.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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