# NTSB investigations: Ercoupe 415-C: Loss of control - in flight

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DFW05FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA065.md): Ercoupe 415-C · Alexandria, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 3, 2005 · N99452 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's loss of control while maneuvering to land.
- [NTSB DEN00LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA183.md): Ercoupe 415-C · Tucumcari, NM · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 2000 · N2421H · Destroyed
  > loss of control during initial climb following takeoff by an unqualified person.
- [NTSB CHI98LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA094.md): Ercoupe 415-C · Wood Lake, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 19, 1998 · N99270 · Destroyed
  > the pilot's intentional flight into adverse weather conditions, the wing ice, and the inadvertent stall. Factors contributing to this accident were the rain, freezing rain and low ceilings.
- [NTSB CHI96LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA311.md): Ercoupe 415-C · Cambridge, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 21, 1996 · N3607H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while landing. A factor associated with the accident was the downdraft reported by the pilot.
- [NTSB NYC94LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA153.md): Ercoupe 415C · Scriba, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1994 · N94151 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall and inflight collision with trees.
- [NTSB LAX92LA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA335.md): Ercoupe 415C · Dunsmuir, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 1992 · N99585 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to perform any preflight planning or preparation and selected the wrong runway. Factors relating to this accident was the existing tailwind, high density altitude.
- [NTSB MIA91LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA118.md): Ercoupe 415-C · Green Cove Spgs, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 7, 1991 · N3025H · Substantial damage
  > Loss of control while on approach to land due to failure of the pilot to maintain vs resulting in the airplane stalling and impacting the ground nose low.
- [NTSB CHI91DEM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91DEM01.md): Ercoupe 415C · Shelby, MI · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Nov 3, 1990 · N9409B · Destroyed
  > The pilot's continued flight into IMC.
- [NTSB DEN90LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA137.md): Ercoupe 415C · Truth/Consequen, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 1990 · N94351 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed and obtain a proper climb rate after takeoff.
- [NTSB LAX83FUG23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUG23.md): Ercoupe 415C · Hesperia, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 22, 1983 · N2865H · Destroyed
  > The pilot reported that he was departing the apt, using the two preceding acft as referenced, as his acft had no taxi or landing lights. His acft was caught in the wake of the acft ahead, causing the pilot to lose control. The acft struck a bush aprx 100 feet…
- [NTSB DEN83LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA117.md): Aircoupe 415-C · Big Piney, WY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 1983 · N3726H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was practicing a short field takeoff. However, he held the elevator full back during the takeoff roll until the acft was 50 ft AGL, and then only released it slightly. According to the pilot, airspeed was 47 mph at 50 ft and about 57 mph at 70 ft.…
- [NTSB MKC82FCG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FCG17.md): Ercoupe 415-C · Topeka, KS · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Mar 2, 1982 · N93846 · Destroyed
  > The aircraft crashed and burned during takeoff at 1303 CST. The pilot received second degree burns over 20 per cent of his body and expired on 3/9/82. Two sailplanes were damaged by impact and fire, and a third sailplane received fire damage. The pilot…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0420322')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=0420322&occurrence=250

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