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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK66X0113

1965-12-05 STAFFORD, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N99578 Ercoupe 415-C 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 415-C · N99578

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

STAFFORD

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

56° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,050 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

110

Age

57

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

15-32321 ON NOSE GEAR FAILED

Investigator remarks

STEERING ROD ATTACH LUG OF STEERING COLLAR P/N 4

Cause factors

70/A/CP A
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL STEERING Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 3927. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3927.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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