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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA67D0012

1966-06-19 COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1346H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 15AC

Engine

CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560113

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A08D3F

Registrant of record

SCHWING EMILY E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1346H Aeronca 15AC 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 15AC · N1346H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

Z

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

COEUR D'ALENE

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

175° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

1,276 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

183

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AGE. CROSSWIND GUSTY TO 20 KNOTS.

Investigator remarks

PARKED AIRCRAFT AERONCA 7 N85068 SUBSTANTIAL DAM

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
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 2916. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2916.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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