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Event DEN79FA042

1979-05-27 MOAB, Utah, United States Fatal 2 aircraft Status: Completed

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

BELLANCA 17-30A · N39877

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Business

Airport

RUIDOSO MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

230° / 15 kt

Temp

71° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000073-30546

Total time

904 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

5,500

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DOOR BLKD BY IMPROPERLY SEATED FILTER.D/A 9500FT.

Investigator remarks

OIL CAP MISSING.AIR FILTER OBSTD BY OIL.ALTN AIR

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
74/C/CL C
POWERPLANT RAM AIR ASSEMBLY Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/CB C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
82/J/W J
WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
83/J/I J
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3518. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3518.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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