- Date
- May 13, 1977
- Place
- Brush, CO · BRUSH, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N87421Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770513011129A
- Case key
- 158225
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1054 77/5/13 BRUSH,CO ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 32, 434 TIME - 1205 N87421 PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRUSH MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRUSH,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED REMARKS- PLT PROPPED ENG. HIT BEECH 35,N31TT,SUB DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87421
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brush Municipal
N87421Registration cancelled Oct 15, 1981 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C
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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 N87421 · 1
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