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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72DLD17

1971-10-23 OCALA, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3050T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 320C

Year of manufacture

1964 · 7 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSI0-470-B (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19641207

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3344F

Registrant of record

LAND T CHAT

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3050T Cessna 320C 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 320C · N3050T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Airport

OCALA

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000320C0050

Total time

880 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

7,010

Age

52

Investigator remarks

LDG GR WARNING HORN INOP.

Cause factors

64/A/39 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/J/CL J
AIRFRAME LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS 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 4335. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4335.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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