NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA79FKJ48
Registry · N4169Q
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 310N
Year of manufacture
1968 · 11 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19680315
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4EE0C
Registrant of record
MARASOVICH CHRISTOPHER
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 · N4169Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
BIRMINGHAM MUNI
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
360° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000310N-0069
Total time
2,318 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
800
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TO BE BINDING.
Investigator remarks
SEALED BEARINGS IN LDG GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM FND
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BA A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BINDING 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 1255.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1255.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- arXiv 2024 · arXiv preprint
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- NASA NTRS 2014 · Conference Paper
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