# Accident 20240521006699A: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C, Ontario, OR, May 21, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2024, 12:34 local time
- Place: Ontario, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0215° N, 117.0097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0215&lon=-117.0097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99577, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99577) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C (registry code 0420312, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-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: ENGINEERING & RESEARCH ERCOUPE 415-C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240521006699A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH AT TOO STEEP OF AN ANGLE. AIRCRAFT STRUCK APPROACH LIGHT BEFORE THE THRESHOLD LINES. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT STRUCK SECOND APPROACH LIGHTING PROPELLOR STRIKING GROUND AND SUBSEQUENTIALLY CATCHING FIRE. PILOT WAS INJURED WITH 3RD DEGREE BURNS AND AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## 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 WPR24LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA158), May 21, 2024: Engineering & Research Ercoupe 415-C (N99577), Ontario, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-certificated pilot’s unstable approach to landing, which resulted in a collision with approach lighting, hard landing, and postimpact fire.

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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