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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA78DKJ44

1978-06-03 DESTIN, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7600Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 310Q

Year of manufacture

1973 · 5 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19730228

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA43EF

Registrant of record

TWIN D LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7600Q Cessna 310Q 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 310Q · N7600Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

Business

Airport

FT WALTON BEACH

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000Q-0781

Total time

2,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

6,586

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EPANCY NOTED BY MAINT PERS.GR,SKIN DMGD.

Investigator remarks

PILOT STATED NO LT BRAKE RESPONSE.NO BRAKE DISCR

Cause factors

64/A/79 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 1592. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1592.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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