- Date
- December 16, 1966
- Place
- Pekin, IL · PEKIN, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3725HErco 415C
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120127
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1175 66/12/16 PEKIN ILL ERCO 415C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 53 TOTAL TIME - 2350 N3725H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEKINS MUNICIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 32 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PLT NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 180 MG PCT,SUFFICIENT FOR LOSS OF CRITICAL JUDGMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3725H
- Reported as
- Erco 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pekins Municipal
N3725HRegistration cancelled Dec 7, 1970 · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-C
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.