NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN76ID013
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
CESSNA 177 · N2181Q
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A1
Operator type
D
Airport
FT.COLLINS
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000177RG0581
Total time
160 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
188
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
E DURING TAXI. WALKED INTO PROP.NO FLT INTENDED.
Investigator remarks
WIFE OF PLT LEFT ACFT TO CHECK WING TIP CLEARANC
Cause factors
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/K4 A PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/06 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE 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
5 0035.
Source file
NTSB_1975_5_0035.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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