- Date
- February 17, 1973
- Place
- Brookville, OH · BROOKVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3789HErcoupe 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730217003279A
- Case key
- 170430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0537 73/2/17 BROOKVILLE,OHIO ERCOUPE 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N3789H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RASOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOKVILLE,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT USE CARB HEAT ON TKOF.LNDD IN PLOWED FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3789H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rasor
N3789HRegistration cancelled Apr 17, 1973 · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3789H · 1
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