- Date
- May 31, 1993, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Derby, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N37139Ercoupe 415C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930531015469A
- Case key
- 15723
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's misjudged approach to landing.
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 after a brief local pleasure flight he returned to land at the departure airport. He stated: 'on short final the landing gear contacted wheat in the field immediately south of the runway. The airplane settled into the wheat and pitched over onto its back approximately 30 feet short of the runway threshold.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37139
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 106
- Airframe hours
- 1,678
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rains, Cecil R.
- Registered owner
- Rains, Cecil R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 1993 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- 1K3 · Hamilton Field, runway 35, 2,600 × 30 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 654 total · 184 in this make and model · 617 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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.
Other investigations on N37139 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.