NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN80FTE59
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
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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
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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