NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN81FTI18
Registry · N578KA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA B300
Year of manufacture
2017
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6A-60A (1050 hp)
Seats / Engines
19 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20170925
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A76D03
Registrant of record
ECHO BRAVO AVIATION II LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
AERO COMDR 681 · N578KA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
GREAT FALLS INTL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
280° / 10 kt
Temp
69° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000006049
Total time
2,117 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,000
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
Y FAILED.
Investigator remarks
UPPER SCISSOR,P/N ED11059-3,ON R M/L/G STRUT ASS
Cause factors
- 70/A/CA A AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 2467.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2467.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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