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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX76DUG42

1976-03-04 PALM SPRINGS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N94135

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ERCOUPE 415-D

Year of manufacture

1946 · 30 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20011003

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD13BE

Registrant of record

FLYING WRENCHES

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N94135 ERCO 415-C None

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 · N94135

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B2

Operator type

D

Airport

PALM SPRINGS MUNI

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001458

Total time

1,730 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

87

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N4048L,SUBSTL DMG.PARKING BRAKE MALF.

Investigator remarks

STARTED ENG,GOT OUT.ACFT ROLLED INTO CESSNA 421

Cause factors

64/A/74 A
PILOT IN COMMAND LEFT AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED, ENGINE RUNNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/J/CK J
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (EMERGENCY SYSTEM) Joint cause
88/J/95 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Joint cause

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 0475. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0475.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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