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CHI72IC097

1972-06-03 · YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A65 · N7819L
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
YOUNGSTOWN
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
230° / 8 kt
Temp
72° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000LC257
Total time
1,867 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,294
Age
37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ET DUE DESTRUCTION.LOW ACFT USE.HOT START BFOR FLT

Investigator remarks

NI CAD BATTERY HAD THERMAL RUNAWAY.BATT COND UND

Cause factors

  • 75/C/AA C
    SYSTEMS BATTERIES Cause
  • 88/A/CI A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERHEATED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/B/DG B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
  • 64/L/36 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES
  • 88/L/33 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE
  • 88/L/51 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 5 0025. Source file NTSB_1972_5_0025.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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