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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI78FEI04

1977-12-14 JEFFERSON, Ohio, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N98857 Cessna T310 Minor

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 T310 · N98857

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

Business

Airport

ASHTABULA COUNTY

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

200° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000310R0619

Total time

231 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

9,800

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R,FLAPS,FEATHER PROPELLER FOR GO AROUND.

Investigator remarks

LEFT FUEL PUMP MALADJUSTED,FAILED TO RETRACT GEA

Cause factors

74/C/CH C
POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
88/C/47 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause
88/B/07 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
64/B/07 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
64/L/80 L
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND

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 4133. Source file NTSB_1977_3_4133.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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