# Accident 20201107021689A: Ercoupe 415-C, Ardmore, OK, November 7, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2020, 08:05 local time
- Place: Ardmore, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1278° N, 97.0632° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1278&lon=-97.0632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N331BW-2021-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-C (registry code 0420322, https://openairdocs.org/model/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: ERCOUPE 415-C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 255 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201107021689A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 7 2020, APPROXIMATELY 08:06 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A 1946 ERCOUPE, N331BW, OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, UNDER 14 CRF PART 91, WAS DESTROYED IN A PASTURE APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES EAST OF ARDMORE DOWNTOWN EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED LIFE-THREATING INJURIES AND WAS AIR LIFTED TO PLANO REGIONAL IN TEXAS.  HIS TWO PASSENGERS BOTH SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO MERCY MEMORIAL IN ARDMORE.  BOTH PASSENGERS WERE TREATED AND RELEASED THAT DAY.

## 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 CEN21LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA047), Nov 7, 2020: Ercoupe 415 (N331BW), Ardmore, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to takeoff with 3 persons in a 2-place airplane and over maximum gross weight, and his failure to apply carburetor heat when the airplane’s engine experienced carburetor…

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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