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ATL81FKJ10

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

N265T has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CIRRUS DESIGN SR20, built 2006), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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