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MIA68F0097

1967-08-11 · ATLANTA, Georgia, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH J50 · N9390Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
ATLANTA
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
120° / 8 kt
Temp
80° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,437 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
7,025
Age
43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CAUSED FLOW OF RAW FUEL TO ENGINE AND FIRE.

Investigator remarks

BROKEN FITTING OFF OF FUEL PUMP,P/NAN-826-4D TEE

Cause factors

  • 88/A/51 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 74/A/CB A
    POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 4147. Source file NTSB_1967_3_4147.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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