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DEN80FTE59

1980-06-22 · HOT SLPHR SPGS, Colorado, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA 210P · N4531K
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
PRIVATE
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 15 kt
Temp
70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000P21000210
Total time
380 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,308
Age
47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CYL COMP 0/80.DA APRX 10150FT.

Investigator remarks

ATMTD SOFT FLD TKOF,FLAPS UP.MANUAL REC 20DEG. 6

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/35 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
  • 64/L/71 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
  • 74/L/AF L
    POWERPLANT VALVE ASSEMBLIES
  • 88/L/AN L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOW COMPRESSION
  • 74/L/BC L
    POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG
  • 88/L/AM L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ARCING
  • 80/L/BK L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
  • 80/L/BL L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT RUNWAY
  • 82/L/W L
    WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2526. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2526.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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