# Accident 20170128007399A: Ercoupe 415-C, Butterfield, TX, January 28, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2017, 10:20 local time
- Place: Butterfield, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9561° N, 105.9414° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9561&lon=-105.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94694, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94694-2020-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-C (registry code 0420322, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERCOUPE 415-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 854 total, 8 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170128007399A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN17LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA089), Jan 28, 2017: Ercoupe 415-C (N94694), Butterfield, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A 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…

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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