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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC75AA068

1975-03-19 SITKA, Alaska, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9061L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LEZA-LOCKWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIR CAM

Year of manufacture

2000

Engine

BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20001026

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC87FC

Registrant of record

LESEBERG MARK E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9061L Bellanca 7KCAB Fatal

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

BELLANCA 7KCAB · N9061L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

SITKA

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000248-70

Total time

151 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

6,117

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RN. IP NOT FOUND,PRESUMED FATAL.

Investigator remarks

IP CUT PWR ON X-WIND LEG.PLT LOST CTL DRG LOW TU

Cause factors

88/C/85 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Cause
64/B/30 B
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
66/B/16 B
DUAL STUDENT
64/K/31 K
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint factor
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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 0306. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0306.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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