- Date
- October 5, 1966
- Place
- Carlsbad, NM · CARLSBAD, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99702Ercoupe 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120314
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3515 66/10/5 CARLSBAD N MEX ERCOUPE 415-C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 36, 56 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N99702 PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT LANDED IN DESERT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99702
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N99702Registration cancelled Feb 13, 2018 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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