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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78DQD11

1978-02-15 EL PASO, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N48094

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 0-58B

Year of manufacture

1943 · 35 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19710729

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5EC49

Registrant of record

GOGGANS DANNY

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

AERONCA 0-58B · N48094

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

Wind

270° / 7 kt

Temp

59° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000010103

Total time

909 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

350

Age

20

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 83/B/I B
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
  • 84/K/7 K
    MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Joint factor

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 0125. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0125.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.