- Date
- August 28, 1977
- Place
- Unionville, MI · UNIONVILLE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99014Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770828029509A
- Case key
- 146313
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2321 77/8/28 NR.UNIONVILLE,MI ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 66 TOTAL TIME - 1315 N99014 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DONAHUE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNIONVILLE,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LDG RWY18,WND SSW,GUSTING 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99014
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Donahue Field
N99014Registration cancelled Oct 13, 1981 · 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.