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IAD76FLT07

1976-02-27 · PARSONS, Tennessee, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N465AA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2010, built 2025), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A65 · N465AA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
SCOTT FIELD
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
130° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000LC-248
Total time
2,158 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,908
Age
24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ENG ACCESSORY SECTION,NACELL,CTR WING,FLAP DMGD.

Investigator remarks

AD 72-18-8,FLEX FUEL AND OIL LINE EXAM NOT C/W.R

Cause factors

  • 68/A/D6 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 74/A/CB A
    POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/AJ A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/51 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0248. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0248.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.