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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW80FRJ06

1979-10-25 SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5911M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 310P

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19700526

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7A3A5

Registrant of record

YATACO ENRIQUE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5911M Cessna 310P None

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 310P · N5911M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

Business

Airport

DOWNTOWN

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

240° / 9 kt

Temp

73° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000310P0211

Total time

1,294 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

8,093

Age

55

Investigator remarks

RGT MAIN GEAR,LOWER SCISSOR,CLEVIS PIN MISSING.

Cause factors

68/A/D0 A
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CA A
AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/90 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING 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 2941. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2941.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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