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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI69D0102

1968-07-20 SPARTA, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3156H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ERCOUPE 415-C

Year of manufacture

1946 · 22 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560305

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A35C96

Registrant of record

FOSTER SCOTT R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3156H Ercoupe 415-C None

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

ERCOUPE 415-C · N3156H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

D

Airport

SPARTA

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

39

Age

41

Investigator remarks

STRUCK N38111,MINOR DAMAGE.

Cause factors

64/A/08 A
PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/1/AW 1
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1

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 2498. Source file NTSB_1968_3_2498.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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