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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI74AC004

1973-07-10 CLEVELAND, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8145M Cessna 310I 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 310I · N8145M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

E

Airport

BURKE LAKEFRONT

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000310I-0145

Total time

2,633 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,828

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RSHOOT.GR IN TRANSIT.PLUNGER,FUEL MAN VLV,HUNG UP.

Investigator remarks

PWR LOSS L ENG,FEATHERED.CONT L TURN TO ARPT.OVE

Cause factors

74/C/CI C
POWERPLANT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/20 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
88/B/07 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
64/B/39 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
68/L/J2 L
PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN

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 3969. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3969.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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