20121129028169A

On November 29, 2012, at 1715 pm CDT, an Ercoupe 415-C, N720RC, was involved in an accident at an automobile dealership in Blair, Nebraska. The pilot departed from the scribner state airfield (kscb), scribner, Nebraska, on a local flight operated under 14 CFR part 91. The private pilot was exercising sport pilot privileges during the accident flight and was the sole occupant on board the aircraft. 50 minutes after the pilot departed kscb, while on a northerly heading, the airplane struck high voltage power lines that pass over the dealership?s new pickup truck lot. Two power lines were hit by N720RC, which tore the outer three feet of the right wing tip off the aircraft. Power lines also tore the right main and nose landing gear from the aircraft. The aircraft crashed into four pickup trucks located 130 feet from the first impact with the power lines. The aircraft came to rest on a 087 degree heading with the nose of the aircraft in a 60 degree downward attitude. The pilot was found deceased at the crash site. No persons were harmed on the ground at the site of the accident. The aircraft was substantially damaged. Ten pickup trucks received damage, four of which had substantial damage. The two power lines that were hit by the aircraft were damaged, but did not break. Transmission poles near the damaged wires may have also received damage as a result of the accident.