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CHI82FEC03

1981-10-13 · TROY, Michigan, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N484B has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PILATUS B4-PC11, built 1974), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A-35 · N484B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
BIG BEAVER
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
080° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001504
Total time
4,100 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
689
Age
58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UX,HAND PUMP NOT USED.

Investigator remarks

CARBON-LIKE SUBSTANCE FOUND IN ENG-DRIVEN PUMP.A

Cause factors

  • 74/C/CH C
    POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
  • 84/C/G C
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS 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
  • 83/K/D K
    TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2782. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2782.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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