NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN80FTM29
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
PIPER PA-38 · N2453A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
PROVO MUNI
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
040° / 3 kt
Temp
79° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0003878A0697
Total time
791 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
26
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NDSHIELD OBSCD VISION.
Investigator remarks
ENCTRD RAIN SQUALL AT APCH END OF RWY,RAIN ON WI
Cause factors
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/M J WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint cause
- 88/J/45 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION 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 1922.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1922.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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