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MIA81IA110

1981-08-31 · JACKSONVILLE, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N9539

Make / Model
BEECH 3NM
Year of manufacture
1952 · 29 years old at event
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
10 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19730523
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD435F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH 3NM · N9539
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
E
Airport
JACKSONVILLE INTL
Kind of flying
CJ

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000CA-241
Total time
8,423 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,512
Age
27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UPTED WHEN GEAR EXTDD,SHRT FINAL.FIRE TRK STNDGBY.

Investigator remarks

FUEL LEAK FM WORN O-RINGS,ENG PRIMER SYS.FIRE ER

Cause factors

  • 74/A/CF A
    POWERPLANT PRIMING SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/BL A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/AJ A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/50 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 5 0051. Source file NTSB_1981_5_0051.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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