- Date
- March 22, 1987, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cottondale, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99436Ercoupe 415-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870322007259A
- Case key
- 7391
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt performed a touch-and-go after takeoff. During the takeoff phase of the touch-and-go, the acft eng quit. The acft was force landed in tree. Post accident inspection failed to reveal any failure/malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99436
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2059
- Airframe hours
- 1,650
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David C.Higley
- Registered owner
- David C. Higley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 19, 1986
- Airport
- Rainey Field, runway 8, 2,300 × ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 162 total · 133 in this make and model · 133 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TCI, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N99436 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.