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SEA78FA027

1978-05-05 · VANCOUVER, Washington, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH 35C33 · N7948M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
PEARSON AIRPARK
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
050° / 3 kt
Temp
56° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000CD1055
Total time
1,978 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
3,500
Age
51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TACKS OF WRECKED AUTOMOBILES.

Investigator remarks

FUEL INJECT LINE SEPD,LOOSE B NUT.SETTLED INTO S

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
  • 74/C/CI C
    POWERPLANT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM Cause
  • 88/C/CL C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE TOO LOW Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 64/B/81 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0901. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0901.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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