NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI79FEE49
Registry · N3293C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH E35
Year of manufacture
1954 · 25 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES (225 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19550910
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A39283
Registrant of record
CADY NEIL J
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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 E-35 · N3293C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
DEER GROVE RLA
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000D3960
Total time
1,980 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,832
Age
54
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TF471267W,PRODUCED 8.5PSI.REC PRESSURE 13.5PSI.
Investigator remarks
ENG DRIVEN FUEL PUMP,THOMPSON MODEL TF1900-2 S/N
Cause factors
- 74/C/CH C POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
- 88/C/CL C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE TOO LOW Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 83/B/F B TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
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 1815.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1815.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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