NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN80FQA19
Registry · N421NM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH A45
Year of manufacture
1961 · 19 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610224
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5008E
Registrant of record
WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
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 A-45 · N421NM
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
J
Kind of flying
DE
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000G720
Total time
7,560 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
7,000
Age
40
Investigator remarks
CRASHED ON MTN APRX 12000FT MSL.
Cause factors
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/17 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE 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 1985.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1985.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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