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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW69D0193

1968-09-29 SLIDELL, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4018B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 7DC

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4B3CA

Registrant of record

AVEN MICHAEL R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4018B Aeronca L-16 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 L-16 · N4018B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

J

Airport

SLIDELL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 6 kt

Temp

86° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,766 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

65

Age

32

Investigator remarks

STRUCK CESSNA 150 N4539U,SUBSTL DAMAGE.

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 3156. Source file NTSB_1968_3_3156.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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