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SEA77FYC04

1976-11-04 · PORTLAND, Oregon, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N77705

Make / Model
FUNK B85C
Year of manufacture
1946 · 30 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19551103
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA857E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FUNK B85C · N77705
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
D
Airport
TROH'S MEMORIAL
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000336
Total time
1,925 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
IA (IA)
Total hours
86
Age
49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D IN CARB BOWL & FUEL STRAINER.UNCERTIFICATED PLT.

Investigator remarks

FOREIGN MATTER SUFFICIENT TO IMPEDE FUEL FLOW FN

Cause factors

  • 84/C/G C
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
  • 88/C/64 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 83/B/I B
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3518. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3518.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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