NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN79FA021
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
MOONEY M20E · N2766W
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D8
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002573
Total time
2,289 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
252
Age
20
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/27 J PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 64/J/33 J PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Joint cause
- 88/J/06 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE Joint cause
- 88/J/14 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 0456.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_0456.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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