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SEA75FYG44

1975-06-21 · PRIEST RIVER, Idaho, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
ERCO 415-C · N99752
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
PRIEST RIVER
Kind of flying
DC

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000002375
Total time
2,728 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,520
Age
25

Investigator remarks

DEMO FLT FOR PROSPECTIVE BUYER.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 88/C/87 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
  • 83/K/F K
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2409. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2409.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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