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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72IM027

1971-09-17 NASHVILLE, Tennessee, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N80323

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH C-45G

Year of manufacture

1957 · 14 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

10 seats · 2 engines

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAEFBC

Registrant of record

BACHUS & SON INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N80323 Beech C45G None

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 C45G · N80323

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Airport

NASHVILLE METRO

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Total time

3,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

2,900

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ING FIRE IN L WHEEL WELL.

Investigator remarks

ALUMINUM FUEL SUPPLY LINE TO CBN HTR FAILED CAUS

Cause factors

75/A/EY A
SYSTEMS OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/J0 A
PERSONNEL SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/36 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/52 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 5 0047. Source file NTSB_1971_5_0047.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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