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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN78FA020

1978-01-18 PUEBLO, Colorado, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N982FL

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECHCRAFT CORP B300

Year of manufacture

2015

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-60A (1050 hp)

Seats / Engines

19 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20150210

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADB31A

Registrant of record

STRAIGHT FLIGHT NEVADA COMMERICAL LEASING LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 · N982FL

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Airport

PUEBLO MEMORIAL

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

190° / 10 kt

Temp

25° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000465

Total time

6,268 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

15,284

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

P SETTING FOR NORMAL TKOF IS 10DEG.

Investigator remarks

FLAPS FOUND IN FULLY EXTENDED 30DEG POSITION.FLA

Cause factors

  • 67/A/16 A
    CHECK PILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 67/A/20 A
    CHECK PILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 67/A/71 A
    CHECK PILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1 0013. Source file NTSB_1978_1_0013.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.