NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN79FA048
Registry · N40BC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BACKCOUNTRY SUPER CUBS LLC BACKCOUNTRY SUPERCUB
Year of manufacture
2021
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20210628
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4AA64
Registrant of record
N40BC LLC
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
LEAR JET 25B · N40BC
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
E
Airport
PUEBLO MEMORIAL
Kind of flying
A2
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
160° / 4 kt
Temp
71° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000128
Total time
3,150 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
9,576
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ENT.AD ISSUED TO RPLC HEEL SCUFF PLATES AFT ACDNT.
Investigator remarks
PIC'S BOOT FND JAMMED IN RUDDER PEDALS,L PEDAL B
Cause factors
- 64/C/43 C PILOT IN COMMAND CONTROL INTERFERENCE Cause
- 68/L/J2 L PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN
- 64/K/44 K PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Joint factor
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 4005.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_4005.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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