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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEK24

1981-07-17 COLUMBUS, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5138C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH B35

Engine

CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES (205 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19551107

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A67007

Registrant of record

BEAN BONNIE J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5138C Beech B35 None

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 B35 · N5138C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

PORT COLUMBUS

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

010° / 30 kt

Temp

69° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000D2423

Total time

3,979 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

322

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SW STUCK IN HI RPM PSN.OBSD 2800RPM,RD LN 2650RPM.

Investigator remarks

MAINT TEST FLT.PROP SEPD 3.79HRS AFT OVRHL.PROP

Cause factors

74/C/FI C
POWERPLANT BLADE RETENTION MECHANISM Cause
88/C/CP C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SHEARED Cause
64/L/21 L
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
74/L/FC L
POWERPLANT ELECTRIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM
88/L/CD L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING
88/K/DG K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP 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 1936. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1936.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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