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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK7LDVD05

1975-08-24 SONOMA, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2049H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ENGINEERING & RESEARCH ERCOUPE 415-C

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES (75 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580522

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1A47A

Registrant of record

ARQUER NICHOLAS R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2049H ERCO 415-C Serious

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 · N2049H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

SCHELLVILLE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 5 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002672

Total time

1,610 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Total hours

608

Age

70

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

F ANNUAL.

Investigator remarks

STDNT PLT CERT EXPIRED OVER 3YR.ACFT 2 MOS OUT O

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/B/24 B
PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 2385. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2385.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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