NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN81FTE15
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
CESSNA 205 · N8110Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
D
Airport
ARAPAHOE COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
260° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000205-0110
Total time
5,390 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
647
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IWAY ENDS BFR RWY TAXIWAY.
Investigator remarks
RAMP AND TAXIWAYS NOT MARKED OR LIGHTED.RAMP TAX
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 68/C/H9 C PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
- 80/C/A5 C AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES TAXIWAY LIGHTING AND MARKING 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 3559.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3559.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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