# Incident 20081009849049I: Ercoup 415C, La Porte, TX, October 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2008, 15:20 local time
- Place: La Porte, TX
- Airport: La Porte Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6693° N, 95.0642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA PORTE MUNI (T41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6693&lon=-95.0642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3287H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3287H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-C (registry code 0420322, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERCOUP 415C
- Reported engine: CONT C7512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 17 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081009849049I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N3287H WAS A STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO FLGHT AT LA PORTE MUNICIPAL (T41), HE WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD.  THE PILOT STATE THAT ON HIS SECOND LANDING ON RUNWAY 12, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND HE ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST THE THROTTLE WHEN IT BECAME DISCONNECTED.  HE THEN PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL AND THE ENGINE SHUT-DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ABOUT MID FIELD AND STRUCK A RUNWAY MARKER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND LEFT WING.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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