NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN78FTE22
Registry · N7594F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CHAMPION 7GCBC
Year of manufacture
1970 · 8 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19700121
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA3E62
Registrant of record
PIERSCHBACHER CLIFTON A
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
CHAMPION 7GCBC · N7594F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
COLUMBINE
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000237-70
Total time
866 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
440
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LANDED ON TAXIWAY.
Investigator remarks
COLLIDED WITH PARKED CESSNA 185 N9944X,DMG SUB.
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/03 C PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 88/C/13 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Cause
- 80/L/A3 L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RUNWAY LIGHTING
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 0137.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_0137.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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