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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN79FTE08

1978-12-01 ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6507J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28R-200

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770927

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A89010

Registrant of record

BARNES BRANDON M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6507J Piper PA28R 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 PA28R · N6507J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

ARAPAHOE CO.

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

360° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

028R-7635331

Total time

665 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

664

Age

36

Cause factors

64/A/25 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BB J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY 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 4458. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4458.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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