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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN81AA064

1981-09-06 RIVERTON, Wyoming, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3ED

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GVI (G650ER)

Year of manufacture

2022

TCDS

T00015AT · GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORP

Engine

ROLLS DEUT BR700-725A112

Seats / Engines

22 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20230328

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A31B08

Registrant of record

TVPX AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS INC TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3ED Mitsubishi MU-2B Fatal

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

MITSUBISHI MU-2B · N3ED

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D9

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

12° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000101

Total time

4,333 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,500

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LVING ANTI-ICE SYSTEM.MODERATE ICING FORECAST.

Investigator remarks

PLT AWARE OF 4 DEFERRED MAINT DISCREPANCIES INVO

Cause factors

64/A/01 A
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/74 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/F J
WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. 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 3667. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3667.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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