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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X2303

1964-06-15 EL CENTRO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8897H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NAVION NAVION A

Year of manufacture

1947 · 17 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES (205 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560523

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC4299

Registrant of record

COATS CLASSIC WINGS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8897H Navion NAV4 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

NAVION NAV4 · N8897H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

DOUTHITT

Kind of flying

B0

Pilot

Certificate

F (F)

Total hours

5,228

Age

51

Cause factors

64/A/10 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1667. Source file NTSB_1964_3_1667.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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