NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN78FA059
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
BEECH 55 · N978V
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
240° / 19 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000TC-2038
Total time
162 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,704
Age
55
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EQUIPMENT.MINIMUM OF 1.3IN AFT OF REARWARD CG.
Investigator remarks
ACFT NOT EQUIPPED WITH WING,TAIL,OR PROP DEICING
Cause factors
- 64/A/40 A PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/01 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/F J WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
- 82/J/L J WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. 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 3457.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3457.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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