# Accident 20100708039349A: Engineering ERCOUPE 415, Twin Bridges, MT, July 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2010, 15:45 local time
- Place: Twin Bridges, MT
- Airport: Twin Bridges
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5429° N, 112.3341° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Twin Bridges, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5429&lon=-112.3341&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87349, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87349) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-D (registry code 0420316, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-ercoupe-415-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENGINEERING ERCOUPE 415
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 269 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100708039349A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 8, 2010, AT 1545 MDT, AN ERCOUPE MODEL 415-D, N87349, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A HAY FIELD OFF HIGHWAY 55 SOUTH NEAR MILE MARKER #1, SOUTH OF WHITEHALL MONTANA FOLLOWING AN ENGINE FAILURE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME,  AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT JEFCO FIELD (PRIVATE) IN WHITEHALL MONTANA AT 1530 LOCAL TIME WITH HIS INTENDED DISTINATION OF TWIN BRIDES, MONTANA (7S1) APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES DUE SOUTH. PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS PRE-FLIGHTED AND FILLED WITH FUEL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N87349 (1)

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

- [Accident 20090204000729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090204000729A), Feb 4, 2009: Ercoup 415D (N87349), Whitehall, MT, Substantial damage. On February 5, 2009, at 1609 MST, a Ercoupe 415-D, N87349, registered to [privacy data omitted]

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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