NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN80FTE37
Registry · N13CC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7-15
Year of manufacture
1997
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19970708
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0790D
Registrant of record
WAGNER CAMERON B
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
STARDUSTER II · N13CC
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
LOVELAND
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000CC1
Total time
195 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,649
Age
55
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PUMP.SAND IN CARB.CARB FLOAT LVL 3/32IN LOW.
Investigator remarks
1/2IN LENGTH OF 3/8IN HOSE FND IN INTAKE OF FUEL
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 88/C/64 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 74/L/CG L POWERPLANT CARBURETOR
- 88/L/47 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT
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 1911.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1911.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
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