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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN77FA010

1976-11-19 TAOS, New Mexico, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4027B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BENNETT RICHARD J NIEUPORT 23

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4B75E

Registrant of record

BENNETT RICHARD J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4027B Bellanca 17-30A Fatal

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

BELLANCA 17-30A · N4027B

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000075-30764

Total time

475 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

4,500

Age

59

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ELOW OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN

Investigator remarks

RECOVERY DATE 122676 SELECTED ENROUTE ALTITUDE B

Cause factors

64/A/27 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING 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 3798. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3798.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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