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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN78FTE07

1977-10-30 PEYTON, Colorado, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1289M Cessna T337E Minor

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 T337E · N1289M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000033701289

Total time

1,404 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,800

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NG GEAR RESERVOIR NOT PROPERLY SERVICED.D.A.9000FT

Investigator remarks

FUEL SELECTOR VALVE FOR REAR ENGINE JAMMED.LANDI

Cause factors

74/C/CC C
POWERPLANT SELECTOR VALVES Cause
88/C/47 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
75/K/BD K
SYSTEMS RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS Joint factor
68/K/D2 K
PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) Joint factor
88/K/38 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDRAULIC FAILURE Joint factor
82/K/W K
WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 4067. Source file NTSB_1977_3_4067.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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