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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC73DCD54

1973-03-12 AMANA, Iowa, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2395H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ERCOUPE 415-C

Year of manufacture

1946 · 27 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES (75 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560406

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A22CFE

Registrant of record

GRATER TIMOTHY F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2395H 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 · N2395H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

D

Airport

HURSH FIELD

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003020

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

63

Age

22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D IN WITH SAND.TAXIWAY WET.

Investigator remarks

NOSE GR ENTRD A 6IN DEEP RUT THAT HAD BEEN FILLE

Cause factors

80/C/BJ C
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIDDEN HAZARD Cause
80/L/BN L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RAMP/TAXIWAY
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 0908. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0908.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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