NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN79FTE23
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
CESSNA 150K · N6445G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Business
Airport
COLUMBINE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
15° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000071945
Total time
4,532 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
392
Age
51
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ETS BRAVO 2 & DELTA 2 NOT GIVEN TO PLT BY FSS.
Investigator remarks
ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDS 100FT AGL AFTR TKOF.AIRM
Cause factors
- 68/C/F6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE/INCORRECT WEATHER BRIEFING Cause
- 88/C/72 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
- 82/L/G L WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
- 82/L/F L WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
- 88/L/75 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-WINDSHIELD
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 1539.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1539.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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