NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN78FA064
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 E-55 · N9327Q
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
PUEBLO MEMORIAL
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Total time
1,106 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
6,000
Age
58
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PROFICIENCY. PLTS REPT RWY SURFACE SOFT.
Investigator remarks
BOTH PILOTS FAA AIRCARRIER INSPECTORS FLYING FOR
Cause factors
- 70/A/CM A AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AH A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AZ A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BENT 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
5 0028.
Source file
NTSB_1978_5_0028.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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