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NYC80FA033

1980-04-07 · ST CROIX, VI, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N26DF has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (EVOLUTION AIRCRAFT INC REVO, built 2020), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN G-73 · N26DF
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
CHRISTIANSTED
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET
Wind
130° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000J-10
Total time
17,211 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,661
Age
36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

REA APRX WIDTH OF CBL FD CARB HEATH LINKAGE.

Investigator remarks

HI-PRESS FUEL LINE 3IN FRM HOT ELECT CBL.ARCED A

Cause factors

  • 68/A/D6 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 75/A/AJ A
    SYSTEMS RELAYS AND WIRING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/AM A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ARCING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/J/E4 J
    PERSONNEL FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT Joint cause
  • 88/J/07 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Joint cause
  • 88/J/51 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1688. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1688.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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