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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA79FKG23

1979-03-10 AUGUSTA, Georgia, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1717H Cessna 310C Serious

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 · N1717H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

BUSH FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

070° / 4 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000035817

Total time

2,897 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

5,612

Age

66

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RT ATTEMPTING DEAD ENG LDG-PLT SUCCUMBED 4-13-79.

Investigator remarks

NOSE GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM FAILED-PLT LANDED SHO

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
70/L/CB L
AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
88/L/95 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE

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 1292. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1292.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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