NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA71FKW17
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 210D · N3852Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
LOVELL
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
PARTIAL OBSCURATION
Aircraft history
Serial number
000021058352
Total time
1,893 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
503
Age
54
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
YD FLUID OVERBOARD. GR WOULDNT EXTEND.
Investigator remarks
PISTON GLAND OF EMERG HAND PUMP FAILED. PUMPED H
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CC A AIRFRAME EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/A/BF A SYSTEMS SEALS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BL A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CM A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE,NONE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION 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 4103.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_4103.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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