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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX73DUJ76

1972-10-14 LK HVSU CTY, Arizona, United States None 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3618H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ENGINEERING & RESEARCH 415-D

Year of manufacture

1946 · 26 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19561213

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4137B

Registrant of record

ERICSON ERIC

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

ERCO 415D · N3618H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

D

Airport

LAKE HAVASU CITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000060

Total time

695 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

600

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PEED CTL BUMPS & SWERVED TO AVOID FENCE.

Investigator remarks

RAN OUT OF LIFT,LND IN SCHOOL PARKING LOT. HIT S

Cause factors

80/A/A4 A
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RAMP FACILITIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/A/BI A
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/A/BJ A
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIDDEN HAZARD Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2752. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2752.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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