NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN78FTE28
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
CESSNA 404 · N5442G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
Marginal VMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Business
Airport
ARAPAHOE COUNTY
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
340° / 6 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000004040060
Total time
362 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,208
Age
21
Investigator remarks
AC CONTACTED SOFT,LEVEL GROUND.
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/B/25 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
- 64/B/82 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
- 88/L/13 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
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 0232.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_0232.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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