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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX68F0099

1967-08-21 COLTON, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N93585

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 152

Year of manufacture

1982

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19820212

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACFBCA

Registrant of record

SIPHER WILLIAM M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N93585 ERCO 415-C Minor

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-C · N93585

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

MORROW

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,794 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

280

Age

52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

S TO BELL CRANK AT CENTER OF YOKE, FAILED.

Investigator remarks

BOLT P/N 41552117-26,WHICH SECURED AILERON CABLE

Cause factors

70/C/D2 C
AIRFRAME AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 2979. Source file NTSB_1967_3_2979.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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