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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73FLQ19

1972-12-26 LEXINGTON, Kentucky, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3021L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER L-21B

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A32946

Registrant of record

FROST LANCE R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3021L Cessna 310J 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 310J · N3021L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

CAPITAL CITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Temp

33° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

310J0021

Total time

1,869 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,570

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ADE EMERG LDG,ADDL DMG.

Investigator remarks

HIT GND COLLAPSING STRUT,BOUNCED BACK INTO AIR.M

Cause factors

64/C/45 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
82/L/F L
WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
88/L/74 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE
88/L/75 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-WINDSHIELD
88/L/94 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE

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 4091. Source file NTSB_1972_3_4091.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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