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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN79FTE07

1978-12-15 ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5EE

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-4

Year of manufacture

1993

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19931216

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A635A7

Registrant of record

CRISTAL AIR INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5EE Piper PA-30 None

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-30 · N5EE

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

ARAPAHOE COUNTY

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000301091

Total time

2,847 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

10,785

Age

46

Cause factors

64/A/10 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 3686. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3686.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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