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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72DKJ41

1972-02-12 ARDMORE, Alabama, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 310 · N316D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

ARDMORE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000035489

Total time

3,450 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,335

Age

58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HSV,DIVERTED TO 1ST AVBL FLD VFR.

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED HE HAD RADIO FAILURE DRG INST APCH TO

Cause factors

  • 64/A/10 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/03 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Joint cause
  • 88/J/32 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE Joint cause
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/B J
    WEATHER RAIN Joint cause

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 2024. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2024.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.