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IAD80FLQ01

1979-10-13 · GRAYSON, Kentucky, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N786B has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (EMBRAER S A EMB-545, built 2025), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A-35 · N786B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
310° / 10 kt
Temp
52° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000D-1796
Total time
3,964 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,225
Age
56

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LECTOR VALVE.R TANK 30 OZ, L TANK FULL.

Investigator remarks

PLT UNFAMILIAR WITH COMBINED WOBBLE PUMP/FUEL SE

Cause factors

  • 64/C/31 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
  • 64/C/19 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Cause
  • 88/C/19 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 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 3400. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3400.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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