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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN80FTC16

1980-05-21 CHEYENNE, Wyoming, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N758LA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802A

Year of manufacture

2024

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG (1300 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20240223

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA38BC

Registrant of record

WESTWIND AIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N758LA Cessna R172K Fatal

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 R172K · N758LA

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

CHEYENNE MUNI

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000R1723170

Total time

100 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WAKE TURBULENCE ADVISORY NOT ISSUED.

Investigator remarks

C130 HERCULES LND ON PARALLEL TWY 3-4MINS PRIOR.

Cause factors

64/A/62 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
84/J/1 J
MISCELLANEOUS VORTEX TURBULENCE Joint cause
68/J/G9 J
PERSONNEL OTHER 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 2727. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2727.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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