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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI78FEE70

1978-09-30 ELGIN, Illinois, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2AC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOMBARDIER INC BD-700-1A10

Year of manufacture

2011

Engine

BMW ROLLS BR700-710A220

Seats / Engines

23 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20221201

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A18D54

Registrant of record

TVPX AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS INC TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2AC Beech 95-B55 Minor

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 95-B55 · N2AC

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Business

Airport

ELGIN

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000TC774

Total time

1,721 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,386

Age

57

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PER HR BELOW REQ AT 2600RPM.

Investigator remarks

MAG TIMING SET 12DEG AWAY FM BTC.FUEL FLOW 9GAL

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/BA C
POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
88/C/47 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause
74/C/CH C
POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
88/C/CL C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE TOO LOW 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 3464. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3464.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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