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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA77FLD04

1976-10-05 SARASOTA, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5214A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 310

Year of manufacture

1956 · 20 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19560828

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A68F8A

Registrant of record

SWEITZER JEREMY J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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 · N5214A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

Business

Airport

GATOR CREEK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

290° / 5 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000035414

Total time

4,076 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,221

Age

52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

THE ACCIDENT.

Investigator remarks

PLT REPORTED HE HIT SOMETHING DRG LDG DAY BEFORE

Cause factors

  • 68/A/D5 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CB A
    AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/C/AH C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE 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 3731. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3731.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.