- Date
- October 11, 1974
- Place
- Plainwell, MI · PLAINWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2372HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741011039749A
- Case key
- 142898
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3895 74/10/11 PLAINWELL,MICH ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 2580 TIME - 1440 N2372H PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTSEGO-PLAINWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINWELL,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CHECK PILOT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SHORT FLD LDG,RATE OF DSCNT INCREASED AFTR CLRG OBSTRUCTING BRUSH.WIND GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2372H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Otsego-Plainwell
N2372HRegistration cancelled Oct 3, 2020 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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