NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI76DET17
Registry · N2150H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES 1124
Year of manufacture
1977
Seats / Engines
10 seats · 2 engines
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1CE75
Registrant of record
COVE POINTE AIR LLC
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
ERCO 415-C · N2150H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
WATERVLIET MUNI
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
330° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002773
Total time
1,721 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
37
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
BECAME AIRBORNE,PLT PUSHED FWD ON CTL WHEEL.
Investigator remarks
ACFT ENCTRD DEPRESSED AREA FM BURIED DRAIN TILE,
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/H4 J PERSONNEL IMPROPER INSPECTION OF FACILITIES Joint cause
- 80/J/BK J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE Joint cause
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
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 2684.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2684.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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