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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ATL81FKJ10

1981-02-09 EUFAULA, Alabama, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N265T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CIRRUS DESIGN SR20

Year of manufacture

2006

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES (210 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20130404

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A29339

Registrant of record

EAGLE AVIATION COLUMBIA LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N265T Beech V35TC 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

BEECH V35TC · N265T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Business

Airport

WEEDON

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000D8502

Total time

2,337 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,558

Age

52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E.BATTERY COMPLETELY DRY.

Investigator remarks

BATTERY FAILED.RAN TANK DRY,BOOST PUMP NOT USABL

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
88/C/33 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION 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 0264. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0264.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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