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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEK30

1981-09-20 NEWARK, Ohio, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N14744

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 17-30A

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19731016

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0BFB2

Registrant of record

TRIMBLE ANTHONY W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N14744 Bellanca 17-30A 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

BELLANCA 17-30A · N14744

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

NEWARK HEATH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

250° / 8 kt

Temp

58° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000074-30630

Total time

1,275 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

390

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CK,UN REPRIME W PMP PSND TO PRIME.CKD OK W NEW PMP

Investigator remarks

UN START,AUX TNK EMPTY,BOOST PMP LO PSN.DRG GND

Cause factors

74/C/CH C
POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/K/20 K
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint factor
88/K/07 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Joint factor
83/K/D K
TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION 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 2803. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2803.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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