- Date
- March 21, 1978
- Place
- Broomfield, CO · BROOMFIELD, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N99227Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780321008279A
- Case key
- 142198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0810 78/3/21 NR.BROOMFIELD,CO ERCO 415-C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 284 TIME - 1100 N99227 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOMFIELD,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT SMELLED FUEL JUST BEFORE ENGINE FAILURE.AD55-22-02 FOR MAIN TANK NOT COMPLIED WITH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99227
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jefferson County
N99227Registration cancelled Sep 17, 2009 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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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.