NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN80DTE64
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 35 · N2951V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
FLYING LAZY D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 10 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000D344
Total time
1,675 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
4,925
Age
40
Cause factors
- 70/A/CM A AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 2535.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2535.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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