NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK69F0285
Registry · N8103M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 310I
Year of manufacture
1964 · 5 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19740821
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB0C29
Registrant of record
CUNNINGHAM MICHAEL J
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 310I · N8103M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Marginal VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
BISHOP
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
170° / 22 kt
Temp
31° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,850 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
4,308
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WY 34. WIND GUSTY.
Investigator remarks
PLT CIFR AT WFJ POC VFR TO BIH. MADE APCH TO RNW
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/80 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
- 82/J/F J WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. 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 0998.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_0998.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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