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DEN81DTE65

1981-08-05 · GOLDEN, Colorado, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
RAVEN RX-6 · N5557B
Damage
None
Craft type
D
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000RX6340
Total time
57 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,665
Age
58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SE BY CLBG.ENCTRD WND GSTG 20KTS DRG LNDG.

Investigator remarks

WND SHIFTED,BGN BLOWING BLN TWD MTNS.UN CHG COUR

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3304. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3304.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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