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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X2794

1964-07-12 WATERTOWN, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N94712

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ENGINEERING & RESEARCH ERCOUPE 415-CD

Year of manufacture

1947 · 17 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560905

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD29BF

Registrant of record

SCHAMBERGER KENNETH E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N94712 Ercoupe 415CD 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 415CD · N94712

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

WATERTOWN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Total time

828 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

135

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FT OPERATED 6HRS SINCE PERIODIC.

Investigator remarks

NOSE WHEEL AND ATTACHING NUTS NEVER FOUND AIRCRA

Cause factors

70/A/CF A
AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/49 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/D0 A
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/D4 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) 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 2043. Source file NTSB_1964_3_2043.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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