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Event ATL82FIA01

1981-10-17 CHURCHTON, Maryland, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2250H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ERCOUPE 415-D

Year of manufacture

1946 · 35 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES (75 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19551218

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1F5F4

Registrant of record

ZAHNER PAUL G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2250H ERCO 415-D Minor

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

ERCO 415-D · N2250H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

DEEP CREEK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 10 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002873

Total time

984 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

474

Age

58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ING.

Investigator remarks

PWR OFF APCH.X-WND GSTG 15KTS FM SLGTLY BHND R W

Cause factors

64/C/45 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/B/28 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 2082. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2082.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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