NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN7LAD009
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 170B · N8030A
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
SPANISH FORK
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
120° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000020882
Total time
3,027 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
18,874
Age
63
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
50FT PWR POLE.
Investigator remarks
INTERSECTION TKOF,DOWNWIND. GUSTING TO 20K. HIT
Cause factors
- 64/A/80 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/16 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 2365.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2365.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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