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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW79FPM12

1979-07-27 GROVE, Oklahoma, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3224H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ERCOUPE 415-C

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560330

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A378AA

Registrant of record

LEONARDO ALAN W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3224H ERCO 415-CD Serious

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-CD · N3224H

Damage

None

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A1

Operator type

D

Airport

GROVE MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003849

Total time

2,360 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

135

Age

45

Investigator remarks

PAX WALKED INTO PROP.

Cause factors

64/A/20 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/K4 A
PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/1/AW 1
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1

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 1578. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1578.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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