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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN78DTC28

1978-06-28 ROCK SPRINGS, Wyoming, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2619D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 170B

Year of manufacture

1952 · 26 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760604

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2864B

Registrant of record

INMAN STEVE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2619D Cessna 170B 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

CESSNA 170B · N2619D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

ROCK SPRINGS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

160° / 20 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000020771

Total time

2,667 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

363

Age

35

Investigator remarks

PEAK GUSTS 25KTS.

Cause factors

64/A/23 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint 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 2552. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2552.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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