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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX71FUQ41

1970-11-13 VAN NUYS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6659B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 310B

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19580830

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8CA61

Registrant of record

NELSON SCOTT J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6659B Cessna 310B 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 310B · N6659B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

D

Airport

VAN NUYS

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

340° / 25 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000033759

Total time

2,378 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

7,900

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

O AVOID OTHER ACFT.NO MALFUNCTION.GUSTING TO 35K.

Investigator remarks

STUDENT SAID BRAKES QUIT.IP INTNTL GRND LOOPED T

Cause factors

66/C/22 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
84/C/7 C
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/L/DF L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE

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 4177. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4177.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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