NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC79FCA04
Registry · N8147M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 310I
Year of manufacture
1964 · 15 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19640803
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB1B91
Registrant of record
DE LA ROSA SERGIO
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 · N8147M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
FESTUS MUNI
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000310I-0147
Total time
3,612 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
7,340
Age
44
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 80/L/BD L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS
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 0048.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_0048.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- arXiv 2024 · arXiv preprint
Improving Disturbance Estimation and Suppression via Learning among Systems with Mismatched Dynamics
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- Semantic Scholar 2023 · Article (JMIR mHealth and uHealth)
Clinical Study of a Wearable Remote Rehabilitation Training System for Patients With Stroke: Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial
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- NASA NTRS 2014 · Conference Paper
What Pilots like (and Don't Like) About the New Cockpit Technology
Pilot's perceptions of the new cockpit technology in the B-767 are discussed. Although the data reported were taken from the introductory experience of the B-767, it is felt that similar, if not ident…
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