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CHI80FEX09

1980-04-11 · COLUMBUS, Indiana, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH J50 · N95A
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
BAKALAR
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
225° / 18 kt
Temp
58° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000JH-152
Total time
5,247 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
3,300
Age
43

Investigator remarks

R ENG FUEL FLOW INJ ADJUSTED TOO LEAN.

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
  • 74/C/CI C
    POWERPLANT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM Cause
  • 88/C/47 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 64/B/20 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
  • 88/B/07 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1767. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1767.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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