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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X3315

1964-08-10 DANIELSON, Connecticut, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4592E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 7AC

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560125

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5962E

Registrant of record

LOCKBAUM JAMES G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4592E Aeronca 7AC 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 7AC · N4592E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

DANIELSON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

2,269 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

87

Age

47

Investigator remarks

GUSTY CROSSWIND TO 15 KNOTS.

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
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 2423. Source file NTSB_1964_3_2423.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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