# NTSB CHI68A0025: Erco 415C, N99034, Hillsdale, IL, September 7, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 7, 1967
- Place: Hillsdale, IL · HILLSDALE, IL
- Location: 41.6057° N, 90.1733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hillsdale, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6057&lon=-90.1733&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 12, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114471
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0731   67/9/7    HILLSDALE,ILL       ERCO 415C           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1200
        TIME - 1105                    N99034              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROPP AIRPARK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               0
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          FOG                                                      CALM
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- ACFT SETTLED TO GRND,FAILED NOSE GR,SLID INTO PARKED TRUCK.PLT-BLD ALCO 0.10 PCT,BARB 1.2 MG PCT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N99034 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ERCO 415C
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ropp Airpark

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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