NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN78FTE69
Registry · N4895F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
FIRESTORM LABS INC TEMPEST BETA 2
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A60D15
Registrant of record
FIRESTORM LABS INC
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
CESSNA TU206A · N4895F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
CRESTED BUTTE
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
00TU206-0595
Total time
3,160 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
8,000
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
GHT SIDE INOPERATIVE.
Investigator remarks
LARGE ROCKS NEXT TO RUNWAY.7 RUNWAY LIGHTS ON RI
Cause factors
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/13 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Joint cause
- 80/J/A3 J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RUNWAY LIGHTING 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 1803.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_1803.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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