- Date
- October 15, 1978
- Place
- Savanna, IL · SAVANNA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99698Erco 415-D
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781015032179A
- Case key
- 138589
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3535 78/10/15 SAVANNA,IL ERCO 415-D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 306 TIME - 1905 N99698 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCK FALLS,IL LACROSSE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- #2 CYL FOUND BURNT & BEING HELD OPEN BY BITS OF CARBON DEPOSITS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99698
- Reported as
- Erco 415-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N99698Registered now · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-DAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-DEngine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.