- Date
- August 5, 1966
- Place
- Wapakoneta, OH · WAPAKONETA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2988HErco 415D
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122063
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2013 66/8/5 WAPAKONETA OHIO ERCO 415D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 940 TIME - 1600 N2988H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERG APT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT AERONCA 15AC N1040H SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. PILOT HIT THROTTLE WHILE SHUTTING OFF ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2988H
- Reported as
- Erco 415D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Berg Apt
N2988HRegistered now · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CEngine modelContinental C85 series
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