NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN77DTC05
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 U206 · N8498Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Operator type
D
Airport
CHEYENNE MUNI
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
350° / 12 kt
Temp
30° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000U20603356
Total time
285 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,425
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WN OVER.
Investigator remarks
TAXIED BEHIND C-130 MAKING STATIC RUN-UP,WAS BLO
Cause factors
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/2 A MISCELLANEOUS PROP/JET/ROTOR BLAST 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 0326.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0326.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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