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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA75FLD01

1974-07-09 VERO BEACH, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1816H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 310C

Year of manufacture

1959 · 15 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19590526

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A14795

Registrant of record

KIEVER ROBERT P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1816H 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 · N1816H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

NEW HIBISCUS

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

090° / 10 kt

Temp

87° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000035916

Total time

2,997 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

7,410

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RETARDED OTHER THROTTLE.

Investigator remarks

IP CUT R MIXTURE CTL.UNABLE RESTART.NEITHER PLT

Cause factors

64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/30 B
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
66/B/79 B
DUAL STUDENT
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor
88/L/85 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS

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 2916. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2916.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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