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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FA084

1981-05-10 BURBANK, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7283B Beech J35 Fatal

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 J35 · N7283B

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

BURBANK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

150° / 12 kt

Temp

87° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000D5645

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

2,000

Age

59

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

-BROWN MATL.FUEL SEL VALVE PARTIALLY OUT OF DETENT

Investigator remarks

90% OF FUEL STRAINER SCREEN COVERED WITH REDDISH

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CE C
POWERPLANT FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/99 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 1780. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1780.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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