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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC82FCG08

1981-11-19 SEDALIA, Missouri, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7263B Beech J35 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 J35 · N7263B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

SEDALIA MEMORIAL

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

270° / 16 kt

Temp

39° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000D5603

Total time

5,267 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

3,180

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ED W RUBBER LIKE MTRL.HIT TERRACE IN WHEAT FLD.

Investigator remarks

FUEL PUMP,PN 638154-9,VAPOR RETURN ORIFICE PLUGG

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CH C
POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 2235. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2235.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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