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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD80FLQ01

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

Registry · N786B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

EMBRAER S A EMB-545

Year of manufacture

2025

Engine

HONEYWELL AS907-3-1E

Seats / Engines

11 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20260107

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAA6E9

Registrant of record

BECKER AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N786B Beech A-35 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

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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

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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