NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN79FTE54
Registry · N150RL
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH B200C
Year of manufacture
1982
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6A-60A (1050 hp)
Seats / Engines
11 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19891011
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0CBB1
Registrant of record
TIGRESS AIR III 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
PIPER PA-28R · N150RL
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
ARAPAHOE COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
135° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000007737153
Total time
232 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
541
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OFF.
Investigator remarks
THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER AIRPORT AT TIME OF TAKE
Cause factors
- 64/A/40 A PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/I J WEATHER WIND SHEAR Joint cause
- 82/J/X J WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 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 1541.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1541.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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