# Accident 20150717013729A: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C, Alexandria, IN, July 17, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2015, 10:30 local time
- Place: Alexandria, IN
- Airport: Alexandria
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2325° N, 85.6375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALEXANDRIA (I99), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2325&lon=-85.6375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2764H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2764H-2022-04-02) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 13 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150717013729A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 17, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN ERCOUPE 415, N2764H, CRASHED ON RUNWAY 27 AT THE ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA AIRPORT (I99).  THE PILOT, OWNER AND SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BY IMPACT FORCES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISION OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION PART 91.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT?S WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHILE FLYING IN FORMATION AND WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, THE PILOT BECAME FIXATED ON THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM.  IN AN EFFORT TO CREATE MORE SEPARATION BETWEEN HIS AIRCRAFT AND THE FIRST AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT REDUCED ENGINE POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, LANDED HARD, BOUNCED, AND HIT HARD AGAIN IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE PARTIALLY COLLAPSING ALL THREE LANDING GEAR.  THE PROPELLER EXHIBITED TIP CURL DAMAGE THAT INDICATED A LOW POWER SETTING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE AND THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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

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