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CHI79FEE49

1979-04-17 · DEER GROVE, Illinois, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N3293C

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

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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