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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA70D0142

1969-11-07 HILLSBORO, Oregon, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2243H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SHAMBAUGH ROBERT D CUBY

Year of manufacture

1996

Engine

LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19961109

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1F2A6

Registrant of record

BROWN RONNIE J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2243H Ercoupe 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

ERCOUPE 415C · N2243H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

OLINGER FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002866

Total time

2,287 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

27

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FT ABOUT 20FT ABV GRND CAUSING ACFT TO STRK GRND.

Investigator remarks

BROKEN PWR LINE ENTANGLED IN RT WING ARRESTED AC

Cause factors

64/C/53 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause
64/C/07 C
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause

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 4423. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4423.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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