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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FVM26

1981-08-18 PASO ROBLES, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1890H Cessna 310C 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 310C · N1890H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

PASO ROBLES MUNI

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

190° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000035990

Total time

4,758 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

6,000

Age

59

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ECTOR GEAR.LINT IN SCREEN AFT FUEL CELL REPAIR.

Investigator remarks

UN LWR GEAR AFT R ENG LOST PWR,TEETH FAILED IN S

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/64 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/B/CB B
AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
88/B/95 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE

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 2375. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2375.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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