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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FNC13

1978-02-05 BIDDEFORD, Maine, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N87194 ERCO 415C 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 415C · N87194

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

BIDDEFORD

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 5 kt

Temp

15° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000367

Total time

3,599 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

8,480

Age

57

Investigator remarks

LNDD IN APCH ZONE AT SW END OF RWY 6/24.

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING

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 0181. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0181.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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