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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC82FNE01

1981-10-08 MONTAGUE, Massachusetts, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N753B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 35-C33A

Year of manufacture

1966 · 15 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660714

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA2547

Registrant of record

DISTEFANO JOHN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N753B Beech A35 Serious

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 A35 · N753B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

TURNERS FALLS

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

320° / 12 kt

Temp

56° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000D-1761

Total time

5,400 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

4,800

Age

61

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

P PISTON ENGAGED SEL VLV,HNDL BENT,HARD TO ENGAGE.

Investigator remarks

COMB FUEL SEL/WOBBLE PUMP WORN WHERE TABS ON PUM

Cause factors

74/C/CC C
POWERPLANT SELECTOR VALVES Cause
88/C/BQ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause
88/C/AZ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BENT Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause

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 3053. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3053.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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