# Accident 20130305004821A: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C, Newnan, GA, March 5, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2013, 11:30 local time
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Airport: Newnan Coweta County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3069° N, 84.7686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3069&lon=-84.7686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87172, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87172-2019-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C (registry code 0420312, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-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: ENGINEERING & RESEARCH ERCOUPE 415-C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 300 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130305004821A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 5, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30AM, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RETURNING FROM A FLIGHT AND TAXING HIS AIRCRAFT (N87172), BACK TO HIS ASSIGNED PARKING SPOT AT THE NEWNAN COWETA COUNTY AIRPORT.   ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THAT DUE TO HIS PARKING SPOT BEING OCCUPIED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, AND NOT HAVING ENOUGH PAVED AREA TO EXIT THE RAMP, HE WAS FORCED TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN AT THE END OF THE RAMP WHICH WAS A DEAD END AREA.  HE ALSO REPORTED THAT HE MISJUDGED THE AVAILABLE SPACE BETWEEN THE PARKED AIRCRAFT TO SUCCESSFULLY PERFORM THE 180 DEGREE TURN AND INADVERTENTLY APPLIED TOO MUCH POWER DURING THE PROCEDURE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE STRUCK A PARKED TIED-DOWN AIRCRAFT (N5513U), ON THE FIBERGLASS NOSE COWLING WITH HIS RIGHT WING TIP CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HIS AIRCRAFTS INBOARD ATTACH POINT AT THE MAIN SPAR AND CENTER SECTION OF HIS RIGHT WING, AND BUCKLED BOTH THE WING AND AILERON.  VERY LITTLE DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED ON THE PARKED AIRCRAFT AND THE OWNER WAS NOTIFIED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA13CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA155), Mar 5, 2013: Engineering & Research Ercoupe 415-C (N87172), Newnan, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain proper visual lookout during taxi operations, which resulted in a collision with a parked airplane.

## Other reports on N87172 (2)

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

- [Accident 20150825017449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150825017449A), Aug 25, 2015: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C (N87172), Newnan, GA, Substantial damage. According the passenger?s and pilot?s statement they had departed kcco (coweta county airport, Georgia) for a trip around the pattern. After a preflight…
- [Accident 20100428035559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100428035559A), Apr 28, 2010: Engineering ERCOUPE 415 (N87172), La Grange, GA, Substantial damage. Aircraft N87172 took off from klgc runway 31. On the downwind leg the engine sputtered and stop. The pilot turn torwards the runway and landed stort of runway…

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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