- Date
- October 17, 1981
- Place
- Churchton, MD · CHURCHTON, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2250HErco 415-D
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811017068029A
- Case key
- 123778
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2082 81/10/17 CHURCHTON,MD ERCO 415-D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 474 TIME - 1230 N2250H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEEP CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLLEGE PARK,MD CHURCHTON,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PWR OFF APCH.X-WND GSTG 15KTS FM SLGTLY BHND R WING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2250H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Deep Creek
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.