NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN80AA029
Registry · N456L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-180
Year of manufacture
1962 · 18 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19621106
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A58960
Registrant of record
LEMMA JOSEPH M
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
BEECH 200 · N456L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Temp
35° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000BB-112
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
10,225
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
.DID NOT RETURN TO ARAPAHOE A/P.600LBS OVR MAX GWT
Investigator remarks
WX BRFG 1020,NOT UPDATED PRIOR TO 1434 DEPARTURE
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/F A WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/74 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/76 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3783.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3783.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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