NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI72DEE34
Registry · N125ET
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 310B
Year of manufacture
1958 · 13 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19580425
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A066BB
Registrant of record
GRINDELAND ETHAN P
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
CESSNA 310B · N125ET
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
GREATER ROCKFORD
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000035706
Total time
3,461 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
715
Age
34
Investigator remarks
DMG TO ACFT WNG STRUCTURE FM HRD NGT LDG.
Cause factors
- 66/A/49 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT 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 3743.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_3743.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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