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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN77FTE02

1976-10-10 PUEBLO, Colorado, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 210L · N732EJ

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

140° / 7 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000021061454

Total time

72 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

434

Age

29

Investigator remarks

PASSED FUEL STOPS ENROUTE.

Cause factors

  • 66/C/29 C
    DUAL STUDENT Cause
  • 64/C/30 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
  • 64/C/27 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 64/B/35 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
  • 83/K/F K
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor

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 3306. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3306.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.