NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN79FA010
Registry · N1245T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2008
Year of manufacture
2017
Engine
ROTAX 912ULS2 (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20180131
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A065A7
Registrant of record
LEASE A PLANE 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
PIPER PA-28R · N1245T
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
L
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Serial number
000007235246
Total time
2,744 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
207
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TRY NOT AUTH WITHOUT INST RATING.RECOVERED 7/15/79
Investigator remarks
HIT MTN RIDGE APRX 13MI W OF COURSE.NIGHT X-COUN
Cause factors
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/03 A PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/26 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STOLEN OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AIRCRAFT 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 3692.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3692.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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