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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN72DQA29

1972-01-16 LEMITAR, New Mexico, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N36622

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 65-TAC

Engine

LYCOMING 0-145B SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4254F

Registrant of record

JENKINS LAWRENCE P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N36622 Aeronca 65-TAC 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

AERONCA 65-TAC · N36622

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000C1091TA

Total time

3,403 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

170

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CTL,HIT FENCE.

Investigator remarks

PRIMER LINE TO TWO L CYL FAILED,LNDD ON RD,LOST

Cause factors

74/C/CB C
POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL

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 0262. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0262.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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