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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX76DUJ22

1975-08-24 CAMP VERDE, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 415-C · N2723H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

CAMP VERDE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

91° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003348

Total time

865 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

655

Age

49

Investigator remarks

GUSTS 15K. DUST DEVIL REPTD.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 82/C/N C
    WEATHER LOCAL WHIRLWIND Cause
  • 64/L/48 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE

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 2350. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2350.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.