- Date
- December 10, 1987, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marlboro, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N87102Ercoupe 415-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871210082739A
- Case key
- 7687
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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.
Hard landing
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The student plt rptd that he flew a flat final apch to remain clear of trees. The airspeed began to drop, and the airplane subsequently landed hard after clearing the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87102
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 275
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas K. Mckelley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1987
- Airport
- OH07 · Sunset Strip, runway 27, 2,300 × 100 ft, grass/turf
N87102Registration cancelled May 15, 2015 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental C85 series
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 11 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.