NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC72DAG10
Registry · N1154H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AERONCA 15AC
Year of manufacture
1948 · 23 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580717
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A041B2
Registrant of record
LECHNER BURDETTE J
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
AERONCA 15AC · N1154H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
WHITTIER STRIP
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000015AC-167
Total time
1,510 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
856
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CHES BOTH SIDES.L TIRE BLEW.
Investigator remarks
AIRSTRIP COVERED WITH SMALL,VERY SHARP ROCKS.DIT
Cause factors
- 64/C/02 C PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause
- 64/C/35 C PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
- 70/C/CF C AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 80/L/BK L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
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 2561.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_2561.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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