- Date
- May 10, 1992, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Berlin, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N99819Ercoupe 415-E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920510013979A
- Case key
- 15440
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind during the takeoff roll.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported he was attempting to takeoff from runway 09 in a gusty crosswind estimated at 15 knots from 170 degrees. He was unable to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, went off the side of the runway and struck a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99819
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2442
- Airframe hours
- 1,942
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Morris, Richard C.
- Registered owner
- Morris, Richard C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1991 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- 45C
- Destination
- RFD · Rockford, IL
- Airport
- 45C · Berlin Field, runway 9, 1,860 × 40 ft, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 107 total · 62 in this make and model · 56 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 22 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.