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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC72DER27

1971-11-13 LAKEVILLE, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6040V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 7BCM

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85-8FJ (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20060321

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7D887

Registrant of record

MOSER MARK W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6040V Aeronca L-16 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

AERONCA L-16 · N6040V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

J

Airport

AIRLAKE

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

120° / 16 kt

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000047-831

Total time

3,269 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,566

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

4K,BLEW ACFT OVER AFTER IMPACT. FURTHER DMG.

Investigator remarks

L TAIL WHEEL SPRING NOT FOUND. WIND,GUSTING TO 2

Cause factors

66/C/22 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
70/L/CD L
AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
88/L/90 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 3437. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3437.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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