NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN81FA053
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
LET BLANIK · N38928
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C8
Operator type
D
Airport
ASPEN PITKIN CO
Kind of flying
DY
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
300° / 10 kt
Temp
68° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000025325
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,500
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AT 200 FT,CRASHED DUR ATTMPTED RETURN TO AIRPORT.
Investigator remarks
WND GUSTS TO 20 KTS. ACFT RELEASED FRM TOW ACFT
Cause factors
- 64/A/40 A PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 2466.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2466.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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