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FTW72FRA18

1971-10-30 · HOUSTON, Texas, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N93610

Make / Model
ERCOUPE 415-C
Year of manufacture
1946 · 25 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES (75 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560908
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACFE87

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
ERCO 415 · N93610
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
OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000933
Total time
1,608 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
500
Age
46

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 83/B/I B
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3918. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3918.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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