NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK75FVD16
Registry · N6698B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 310C
Year of manufacture
1959 · 15 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19590105
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8D91A
Registrant of record
ELLIOTT FRANK F
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 310C · N6698B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
HAYWARD AIR TERM
Kind of flying
A2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
280° / 12 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000035798
Total time
3,473 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
168
Age
24
Investigator remarks
CHECK PLT- CERTIFICATE PREVIOUSLY SUSPENDED.
Cause factors
- 64/A/13 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 67/A/55 A CHECK PILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 67/A/30 A CHECK PILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
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 3306.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3306.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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