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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78FA017

1978-01-01 GARDEN CITY, Kansas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2254F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150M

Year of manufacture

1974 · 4 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19740921

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1F67E

Registrant of record

HUDSON DARYL J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2254F Cessna 310L Fatal

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 310L · N2254F

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

GARDEN CITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000310L-0054

Total time

2,102 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

600

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LEFT ENG FAILED. MANY MAINT DISCREPANCIES FOUND.

Investigator remarks

ACFT BANKED SHARPLY TO LEFT AT APRX 300FT AGL.

Cause factors

74/A/KA A
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/C/23 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
68/J/D6 J
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Joint cause
74/J/BA J
POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Joint cause
88/J/47 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Joint cause
74/J/CB J
POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Joint cause
88/J/AV J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Joint cause
74/J/AD J
POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Joint cause
88/J/46 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WRONG PART Joint cause
74/J/AC J
POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Joint 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 0287. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0287.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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