20170128007399A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Ercoupe 415-C · Butterfield, TX · January 28, 2017

Date: January 28, 2017 · 10:20 local
Place: Butterfield, TX
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N94694
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN17LA089
Reported as: Ercoupe 415-C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 854 total8 in this make and model69 in the last 90 days

N94694Registration cancelled May 11, 2020 · Ercoupe 415-CS/N 4805 · Built 1947 Airframe modelErcoupe 415-C Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On January 28, 2017, at 10:20 MST, an Ercoupe 415-C, N94694, registered to privacy data omitted lost power while at cruise, approximatly over guadalupe pass, while on a ferry flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained substantial damaged and the commercial pilot was not injured. The flight originated at cavern city air terminal, NM. On January 28, 2017 at 0856 MST.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 28, 2017, AT 10:20 MST, AN ERCOUPE 415-C, N94694, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST POWER WHILE AT CRUISE, APPROXIMATLY OVER GUADALUPE PASS, WHILE ON A FERRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CAVERN CITY AIR TERMINAL, NM. ON JANUARY 28, 2017 AT 0856 MST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN17LA089Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportButterfield, TXA malfunction of the fuel transfer system for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information, a stuck float in the header tank sight gauge that resulted in an inaccurate fuel quantity indication, and the pilot’s inadequate monitoring…Jan 28, 2017 · Substantial damage