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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN80FTE11

1979-12-05 ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N82065

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1978 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780524

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB3423

Registrant of record

YUNDT JOSHUA J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N82065 Piper PA-18 None

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

PIPER PA-18 · N82065

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

ARAPAHOE COUNTY

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00018-780914

Total time

116 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

418

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

& ATMTD LNDG ON TWY.WHEELS BROKE THRU SNOW CRUST.

Investigator remarks

AFTER ENG LOST PWR ON TKOF,PLT MADE 180DEG TURN

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
83/K/B K
TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED Joint factor
88/K/13 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Joint factor

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 3931. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3931.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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