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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN78FA054

1978-07-10 AURORA, Colorado, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N278DU Beech 65-A90 Fatal

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

BEECH 65-A90 · N278DU

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Business

Airport

STAPLETON INTL

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 4 kt

Temp

78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000LJ-243

Total time

4,884 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

2,715

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PRX 700# OVR MAX GWT.

Investigator remarks

L ENG BOOST PUMP INOP,SWITCH OFF.CROSSFEED OFF.A

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
74/L/CH L
POWERPLANT PUMPS
64/K/29 K
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint factor
88/K/76 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. 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 4402. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4402.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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