NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN80FA001
Registry · N13CA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-31-350
Year of manufacture
1974 · 5 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19740123
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0790B
Registrant of record
AEROCLUB MANAGEMENT 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
BRITTNORMAN BN2A-9 · N13CA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
CRESTED BUTTE
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000240
Total time
4,947 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
1,832
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
S 25FT BEYOND EACH EDGE OF RUNWAY.
Investigator remarks
OFFICIAL NIGHT 1922HRS.LOW INTENSITY RUNWAY LITE
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/E4 J PERSONNEL FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT Joint cause
- 80/J/A3 J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RUNWAY LIGHTING Joint cause
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
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 2965.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_2965.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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