# Incident 20160417003169I: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C, Warrenton, VA, April 17, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2016, 15:30 local time
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Airport: Warrenton-Fauquier
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5863° N, 77.7106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARRENTON/FAUQUIER (HWY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5863&lon=-77.7106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3353H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3353H) (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: 189 total, 14 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160417003169I

## Narrative

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

SUNNY SUNDAY. 2.0 VFR FLIGHT HWY TO W91. THEN 1.6 FLIGHT FROM W91 BACK TO HWY. ON THIRD VISUAL APPROACH TO RWY 15 AT WARRENTON-FAUQIER AIRPORT ERCOUPE N3353H LANDED HARD ON NOSE GEAR AFTER LOW AIRSPEED ON FLAIR. POSSIBLY TOO HIGH ON FLAIR. LOST NOSE WHEEL AND SKIDDING ON GEAR POST ALONG RWY 15 AT HWY. PROP DAMAGE BUT NO PROP BLADE CURLING NOTED.  ALSO NOSE STRUT DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N3353H (1)

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

- [Accident 19910209002479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910209002479A), Feb 9, 1991: Univar 415C (N3353H), Gastonia, NC, Substantial damage. Landed in gusty quartering tailwind. Gust lifted aircraft on touchdown. Came down nose low collapsing nose gear.

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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