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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN79FTE34

1979-05-13 ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N761WB

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CAMERON BALLOONS US C-100

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA4735

Registrant of record

TRIPLE T AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N761WB Cessna T210M Minor

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 T210M · N761WB

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

ARAPAHOE AIRPORT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000021062567

Total time

310 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

178

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T TURN OFF WHEN THROTTLE RETARDED.

Investigator remarks

FUEL PUMP LEFT ON AFTER SWITCHING TANKS,WOULD NO

Cause factors

64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
74/C/I0 C
POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/CS C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STUCK Cause
88/C/CK C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE PRESSURE Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 3285. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3285.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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