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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW70F0192

1969-09-17 DENTON, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 310 · N548H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

DENTON MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

350° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000035102

Total time

5,360 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,768

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

K POINT.

Investigator remarks

L MAIN GR STRUT FAILED AT WELDED SECTION ABV JAC

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CA A
    AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 4010. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4010.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.