- Date
- December 8, 1968
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N87436Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4464 68/12/8 SALT LAKE CITY,UT ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1445 N87436 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UTAH CENTRAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY REMARKS- SLUSH ON RNWY. AREA CLEARED OF SNOW ABOUT 15 FT WIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87436
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Utah Central
N87436Registered now · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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