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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK65X0637

1964-11-10 DAGGETT, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5833X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 310F

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19610615

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A783E4

Registrant of record

OTTLEY ADAM JAMES

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 · N5833X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

F

Aircraft history

Total time

398 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,232

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ONTROL REGAINED.

Investigator remarks

OVERLOAD FAILURE OF LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER-C

Cause factors

  • 88/C/74 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause
  • 70/B/D3 B
    AIRFRAME HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS
  • 88/B/94 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE

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 3851. Source file NTSB_1964_3_3851.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.