NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI77FA021
Registry · N3100L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CAMERON BALLOONS US O-90
Year of manufacture
2023
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20230502
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A34934
Registrant of record
LAROTONDA CAROL
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 310J · N3100L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Business
Airport
GREATER ROCKFORD
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
200° / 7 kt
Temp
16° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000310J-0100
Total time
2,786 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,500
Age
31
Investigator remarks
FUEL SEL VALVES FOUND IN AUX TANK POSITION.
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 88/C/19 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 82/L/F L WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
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 0671.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0671.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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