# Accident 20160809007249A: Ercoupe 415-CD, Stilesville, IN, August 9, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2016, 19:00 local time
- Place: Stilesville, IN
- Airport: Patrum Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5736° N, 86.6181° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5736&lon=-86.6181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3884H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3884H-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-CD (registry code 0420324, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-cd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERCOUPE 415-CD
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 582 total, 134 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16CA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16CA317) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160809007249A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 9, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (2300 UTC), AN ERCOUPE  MODEL 415CD, N3884H, REGISTERED AND FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF CAMBY INDIANA, LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 24 AT PETRUM FIELD AIRPORT (II09) IN STILESVILE, INDIANA. THE AIRCRAFT FIRST IMPACTED THE TOP OF SOYBEANS APPROXIMATELY 55 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. NEXT, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE SOYBEANS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND THEN CONTINUED ON TO THE RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP 100 FEET PAST THE ARRIVAL END.  THE LANDING RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, ENGINE MOUNTS, FIREWALL, WING ROOTS AND UNDERSIDE OF THE CENTER FUSELAGE. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 IN VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO PEOPLE OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND.

## 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 CEN16CA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16CA317), Aug 9, 2016: Ercoupe 415 (N3884H), Eminence, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path during the landing approach and his failure to use available engine power to arrest the descent, resulting in an undershoot and collision with…

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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