- Date
- May 29, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Atkinson, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N93616Ercoupe 415-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820529020009A
- Case key
- 70704
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Propeller system/accessories,hub - disconnectedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - softFactor
Terrain condition - open fieldFactor
Analysis
The safety bolt on the propeller hub failed allowing the propeller to separate from the aircraft. The pilot landed in a plowed field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93616
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 939
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William H. Seybold
- Registered owner
- William H. Seybold
- Departed
- Fort Atkinson, WI
- Destination
- Fort Atkinson, WI
- Airport
- Seybold
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,983 total · 327 in this make and model · 1,758 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 149 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.