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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81FQA43

1981-08-24 RUIDOSO, New Mexico, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6157Q Cessna 320F None

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 320F · N6157Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Business

Airport

RUIDOSO MUNI

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

51° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000320F0007

Total time

2,228 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,851

Age

38

Investigator remarks

D/A APRX 7500FT.

Cause factors

64/C/45 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
82/L/W L
WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE

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 2535. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2535.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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