# Incident 20100620034989I: Ercoupe 415-C, Planada, CA, June 20, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2010, 12:28 local time
- Place: Planada, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2902° N, 120.3216° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Planada, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2902&lon=-120.3216&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3437H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3437H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-C (registry code 0420322, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERCOUPE 415-C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100620034989I

## Narrative

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

ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON  6/20/10 WHILE ENROUTE FROM COLUMBIA AIRPORT (O22) TO MADERA CALIFORNIA ERCOUPE N3437H EXPERIENCED A ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.  THE SUCTION LINE FROM THE WING TANK TO THE FUSALAGE TANK WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT MADE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE HOT EXHAUST TUBE AND A HOLE WAS MADE.  THE HOLE PREVENTED FUEL FROM BEING SIPHONED FROM THE WING TANK TO THE NOSEL FUEL TANK AND THEREFORE WHEN THE TANK WAS DEPLETED THE ENGINE STOPPED.   THE PILOT SET UP FOR A LANDING IN A PLOWED FIELD AND LANDED WITH THE FURROWS CAUSING NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.   THE FUSALAGE TANK WAS FILLED AND THE AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY ANOTHER PILOT TO THE MERCED MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MCE) WHERE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED TO CORRECT THE DAMAGED RUBBER LINE.

## Other reports on N3437H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20200225002212A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200225002212A), Feb 25, 2020: Ercoupe 415-C (N3437H), Torrance, CA, Substantial damage. An Ercoupe, registration number N3437H, model 415-C, s/n 4062, was performing touch and go landings at Torrance airport on runway 29R. On the third…

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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