NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX79DUJ12
Registry · N8071M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 310I
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19640417
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAFE65
Registrant of record
LAND SEA AND AIR INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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 310I · N8071M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
270° / 10 kt
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000310I8071M
Total time
2,639 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,408
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AL STAB.
Investigator remarks
EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW POPPED OUT DMGG R HORIZONT
Cause factors
- 70/A/BF A AIRFRAME DOORS,DOOR FRAMES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/D A MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE 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 3670.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3670.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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