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CHI78FEC52

1978-09-08 · PONTIAC, Michigan, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N2834V

Make / Model
BEECH 35
Year of manufacture
1947 · 31 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES (205 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19590114
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2DC18

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH BE35 · N2834V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
OAKLAND PONTIAC
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
020° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000D239
Total time
1,541 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
305
Age
27

Investigator remarks

GENERATOR SHORTING.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/39 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 75/J/AC J
    SYSTEMS GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS Joint cause
  • 88/J/BX J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS GROUNDED Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3718. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3718.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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