NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN76FTE82
Registry · N55542
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-140
Year of manufacture
1973 · 3 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19730426
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A714FD
Registrant of record
COLORADO CHEROKEE FLYERS 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
PIPER PA-28 · N55542
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
ARAPAHOE COUNTY
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
210° / 9 kt
Temp
68° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0028-7325429
Total time
1,887 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
7,035
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D LEVEL.SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF PRACTICE.
Investigator remarks
COLLIDED WITH TAXIWAY SIGNS TWO FEET ABOVE GROUN
Cause factors
- 66/A/24 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 66/A/23 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3441.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_3441.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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