- Date
- February 17, 1988, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Spartanburg, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3631HErcoupe 415C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880217004909A
- Case key
- 7706
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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
When the pilot was unable to find assistance to remove the nose wheel chock from the aircraft, he applied enough power to jump the chock. He was unable to retard the throttle before colliding with a parked aircraft and striking a concrete wall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3631H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4256
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tom Gibbs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1988
- Destination
- EHO · Shelby, NC
- Airport
- Spartanburg Mem.
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
- 52
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19,000 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.