- Date
- October 6, 1975
- Place
- Watervliet, MI · WATERVLIET, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2150HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751006030569A
- Case key
- 150847
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2684 75/10/6 WATERVLIET,MI ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 37 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N2150H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERVLIET MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERVLIET,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER INSPECTION OF FACILITIES AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT ENCTRD DEPRESSED AREA FM BURIED DRAIN TILE,BECAME AIRBORNE,PLT PUSHED FWD ON CTL WHEEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2150H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watervliet Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.