NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW75DQG06
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 310Q · N7605Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
AMARILLO MUNI
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
210° / 12 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000310Q0105
Total time
1,405 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
3,728
Age
58
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
VERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN ON RWY
Investigator remarks
GEAR EXTENDED IN TRAFFIC PATTERN.THEN PILOT INAD
Cause factors
- 64/A/44 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/39 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/03 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE 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 1795.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_1795.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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