- Date
- February 4, 1968
- Place
- Hudson, OH · HUDSON, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99161Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111890
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0380 68/2/4 HUDSON,OHIO ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N99161 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 41, 855 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 15 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FROZEN, MOISTURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TEMP 28 DEG. WATER IN FUEL LINES FROZE. STRUCK POWER POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99161
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N99161Registration cancelled Oct 14, 1994 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 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.