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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN77FTE29

1977-03-23 ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4992T Piper PA-28 Minor

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 · N4992T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

ARAPAHOE COUNTY

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

195° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

028R-7235168

Total time

2,007 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,358

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NOT SELECTED AFTER ENGINE QUIT.

Investigator remarks

ENGINE RAN OK AFTER ACCIDENT.OPPOSITE FUEL TANK

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
64/L/20 L
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
88/L/07 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

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 0522. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0522.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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