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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN77FTE11

1976-12-18 PUEBLO, Colorado, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N44558

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-235

Year of manufacture

1974 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19740813

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A56058

Registrant of record

YODER JONATHAN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N44558 Piper PA-28 None

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

PIPER PA-28 · N44558

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

PUEBLO MEMORIAL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 12 kt

Temp

35° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7410095

Total time

391 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,650

Age

53

Investigator remarks

SELECTED EMPTY TANK FOR TAKEOFF.

Cause factors

64/A/29 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/96 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/K/AQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint factor
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 3829. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3829.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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