20221205018279A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C · Corning, IA · December 5, 2022

Date
December 5, 2022 · 12:38 local
Place
Corning, IA
Airport
Corning
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N99345
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN23FA059
Reported as
Engineering & Research Ercoupe 415-C
Reported engine
Continental C85-12
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

A witness just south of the Corning Airport reported seeing the aircraft approaching runway 36 low and fast. During the attempted landing and go around the aircraft passed beyond the departure end of runway 36 and settled following the descending topography. The aircraft contacted a power line and trees causing the aircraft to become inverted prior to impacting the ground. Post-crash fire consumed cockpit/cabin area of aircraft.

privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

A WITNESS JUST SOUTH OF THE CORNING AIRPORT REPORTED SEEING THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHING RUNWAY 36 LOW AND FAST. DURING THE ATTEMPTED LANDING AND GO AROUND THE AIRCRAFT PASSED BEYOND THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 36 AND SETTLED FOLLOWING THE DESCENDING TOPOGRAPHY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A POWER LINE AND TREES CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME INVERTED PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE GROUND. POST-CRASH FIRE CONSUMED COCKPIT/CABIN AREA OF AIRCRAFT.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

NTSB investigation

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