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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72DNC33

1972-03-09 WEST DOVER, Vermont, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N12TT

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 310H

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19630322

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A05314

Registrant of record

THOMS ROBERT D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N12TT Cessna 310H 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 310H · N12TT

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MT SNOW

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

340° / 12 kt

Temp

15° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000-0066

Total time

1,881 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,179

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

APCH.

Investigator remarks

HIT 18IN HIGH SNOWBANK AT RWY END DRG SHORT FLD

Cause factors

64/C/54 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause
68/L/H1 L
PERSONNEL FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION
80/L/BE L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS
80/L/BC L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY
88/L/78 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WHITEOUT

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 1167. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1167.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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