- Date
- July 29, 1993, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Liberty, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2663HErcoupe 415-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930729026469A
- Case key
- 15768
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate aircraft control during the emergency landing. A factor is the pilot's lack of experience in the aircraft.
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 flight was the first flight after the pilot purchased the airplane. The airplane was fueled with automobile gasoline prior to departure. The pilot reported engine runups revealed no abnormal indications. He stated: 'at 100-150 feet AGL I felt like I was losing power...not enough runway to land...wing was dipping.' The airplane came to rest in a soybean field. Postaccident examination and engine runup revealed no evidence of preimpact anomaly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2663H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3288
- Airframe hours
- 2,397
- Engine
- Continental C75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Collins, Robert D.
- Registered owner
- Collins, Robert D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1993 · 40 hours before
- Airport
- MO10 · Liberty/Roosterville Apt, runway 18, 2,750 × 20 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,125 total · 15 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCI, 10 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.