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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73DEA15

1972-09-21 GREENTOWN, Indiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N93498

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ERCOUPE 415-C

Year of manufacture

1946 · 26 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES (75 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560628

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACF839

Registrant of record

VAN NIEUWENHUYZEN WESLEY G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N93498 ERCO 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

ERCO 415-C · N93498

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

HOWARD CO.AIRPORT

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000821

Total time

1,300 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

23

Age

54

Investigator remarks

BRAKES INOP,LACKED HYD FLUID.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/01 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
68/L/D1 L
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL)
70/L/CJ L
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
88/L/CL L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE TOO LOW

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 2631. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2631.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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