What happened
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Lost power on climbout. Damage engine mount and firewall. Folded nose gear wing and tail damage landing. (-23) on August 01, 1997, at approximately 20:15 cdst, an Ercoupe N2899H, owned and operated by wilber wayne anderson, private pilot certificate 430744574 with an asel rating of yaleville ar. Was involved in an accident when the lone pilot attempted to execute an emergency landing due to the aircraft engine losing power, after lift off, while performing local flights. The flight was a part 91 operation and the pilot was doing touch and go landings. VFR flight conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The lone pilot was not injured and the aircraft sustained substantial damage during the emergency landing. The pilot has a private pilot certificate and the flight initiated at Harrison ar. Boon county airport. Damage to the aircraft consisted of the engine mount being bent and distorted, the firewall bent and buckled, the nose gear folded aft under the fuselage, the canopy destroyed, the right wing tip was bent and the horizontal stabilizer bent. The accident was investigated by inspector milliser. The aircraft has b een released to the owner and instructed to preserve the total aircraft until a follow-up inspection can be accomplished to determine the cause of the engine failure.
As the FAA filed it
LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. DAMAGE ENGINE MOUNT AND FIREWALL. FOLDED NOSE GEAR WING AND TAIL DAMAGE LANDING. (-23) ON AUGUST 01, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 20:15 CDST, AN ERCOUPE N2899H, OWNED AND OPERATED BY WILBER WAYNE ANDERSON, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE 430744574 WITH AN ASEL RATING OF YALEVILLE AR. WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE LONE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOSING POWER, AFTER LIFT OFF, WHILE PERFORMING LOCAL FLIGHTS. THE FLIGHT WAS A PART 91 OPERATION AND THE PILOT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE LONE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILOT HAS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AND THE FLIGHT INITIATED AT HARRISON AR. BOON COUNTY AIRPORT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF THE ENGINE MOUNT BEING BENT AND DISTORTED, THE FIREWALL BENT AND BUCKLED, THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED AFT UNDER THE FUSELAGE, THE CANOPY DESTROYED, THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS BENT AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER BENT. THE ACCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY INSPECTOR MILLISER. THE AIRCRAFT HAS B EEN RELEASED TO THE OWNER AND INSTRUCTED TO PRESERVE THE TOTAL AIRCRAFT UNTIL A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE.
NTSB investigation
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