# Incident 20220126000869I: Ercoupe 415-C, Easton, MD, January 26, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2022, 15:15 local time
- Place: Easton, MD
- Airport: Easton/Newnam
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8042° N, 76.0690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTON/NEWNAM FLD (ESN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8042&lon=-76.0690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99529, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99529) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 585 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220126000869I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HEARD A POPPING NOISE THEN A LOUD BANG, FOLLOWED BY ENGINE ROTATION STOPPING. HE SUCCESSFULLY LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS EXAMINED AND ONE OF THE PISTON CONNECTING RODS HAD BROKEN BETWEEN THE PISTON WRIST PIN AND CRANKSHAFT JOURNAL, WITH BOTH OF THOSE ATTACHMENTS STILL INTACT. THIS HAD RESULTED IN A HOLE IN AND CRACKING OF THE CRANK CASE AND CONSIDERABLE INTERNAL DAMAGE.

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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