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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI79FA026

1979-01-19 MIAMISBURG, Ohio, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7695Q Cessna 310Q 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 310Q · N7695Q

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

ED

Operator type

E

Airport

DAYTON GENERAL S.

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Temp

28° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000310Q0474

Total time

2,430 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,534

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EST WX STATION RPTD VIS BELOW MINS.COLLIDED W SILO

Investigator remarks

PLT NEVER RPTD CANCELLING IFR AFT 4MILE FIX.NEAR

Cause factors

64/A/26 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/A J
WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
82/J/C J
WEATHER FOG Joint cause

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 1951. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1951.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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