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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN81FTA01

1980-10-03 BAKER, Montana, United States Serious 2 aircraft Status: Completed

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

HELIO ACFT H-250 · N1XV

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

BAKER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

020° / 4 kt

Temp

34° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000018-663

Total time

1,382 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

479

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ON STAB.MINUTES LATER,STALLED DRG LOW ALT MNVRS.

Investigator remarks

TKOF W FROST ON LEADING EDGE OF WINGS,FRZN RAIN

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
70/C/CD C
AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES 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 2615. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2615.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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