NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN82FTE14
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
PIPER PA-32 · N32916
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
Public use
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
210° / 20 kt
Temp
25° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000327540073
Total time
1,687 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
136
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EFT FOR HELP,DEEP SNOW,NOT FOUND,INJURY PRESUMED.
Investigator remarks
CROSSING MTN RIDGES,CRASHED 11,900FT LEVEL.PLT L
Cause factors
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/45 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 82/J/M J WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3206.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_3206.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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