NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN76FTM07
Registry · N4KX
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 180K
Year of manufacture
1977
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19770304
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4A8E6
Registrant of record
HORSESHOE BAR LAND & LIVESTOCK 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
BERKSHIRE 70 · N4KX
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
HEBER VALLEY
Kind of flying
DF
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000004
Total time
489 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
182
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TTER OCCURRED.PLT PARACHUTED OK.
Investigator remarks
GLIDER FLOWN AT REDLINE AIRSPEED.AERODYNAMIC FLU
Cause factors
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 88/C/BT C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FLUTTER Cause
- 82/L/K L WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR
- 88/L/CV L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE
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 3061.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3061.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2019 · Journal article (IJAAA)
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