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SEA79FYP42

1979-09-21 · SPOKANE, Washington, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N5JU has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BELL 206B, built 1981), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA P337 · N5JU
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
FELTS
Kind of flying
DD

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
330° / 6 kt
Temp
60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000P337-0329
Total time
83 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,087
Age
36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ORT OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

BOOST PUMPS LEFT ON.UN RESTART ENGS.HIT 300FT SH

Cause factors

  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/C/34 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP Cause
  • 83/K/Y K
    TERRAIN OTHER Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2606. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2606.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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