# NTSB CHI70F0160: Erco 415-C, N94124, Mt.Clemens, MI, August 3, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 3, 1969
- Place: Mt.Clemens, MI · MT.CLEMENS, MI
- Location: 42.5981° N, 82.8815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Clemens, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5981&lon=-82.8815&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161453
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70F0160
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70F0160

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3399   69/8/3    MT.CLEMENS,MICH     ERCO 415-C          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 229
        TIME - 1200                    N94124              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EASY ACRES
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BAY CITY,MICH               MT.CLEMENS,MICH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
        REMARKS- PVT STRIP.PLT ASSUMED OPERATOR RIDING PWR MOWER SAW LDG ACFT.L WING HIT MOWER.OPERATOR DIED 8/5/69
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94124](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94124-1975-11-13), registration cancelled 1975-11-13, S/N 1447 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERCO 415-C
- Registry model: [Ercoupe 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c) (registry code 0420322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Easy Acres

## Other investigations on N94124 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI73FEM49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEM49), Apr 22, 1973: Erco 415-C (N94124), Sand Lake, MI, substantial damage

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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