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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA80FLD47

1980-03-18 SARASOTA, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N99490

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ENGINEERING & RESEARCH ERCOUPE 415-C

Year of manufacture

1946 · 34 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES (75 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560201

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADE52B

Registrant of record

BUCHANON LONNIE J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N99490 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 · N99490

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

SRSTA-BRADENTON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

320° / 8 kt

Temp

72° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002113

Total time

1,144 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

62

Age

25

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
88/L/88 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER

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 2089. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2089.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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