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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN78DTC12

1978-02-13 CHEYENNE, Wyoming, United States None 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 152 · N25444

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

CHEYENNE MUNI

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015280664

Total time

160 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

15

Age

31

Investigator remarks

SNOW DRIFT AT SIDE OF RUNWAY.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 80/C/BD C
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS Cause

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 0241. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0241.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.