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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW77DRG71

1977-09-09 LAREDO, 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 · N7707Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

LAREDO INTERNATL

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000310Q0207

Total time

3,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

5,570

Age

42

Investigator remarks

HI SINK RATE.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/30 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 66/A/49 A
    DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/91 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING 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 2738. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2738.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.