- Date
- December 14, 1980
- Place
- Colorado Spgs, CO · COLORADO SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N99445Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801214071469A
- Case key
- 127600
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3461 80/12/14 COLORADO SPGS,CO ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 265 TIME - 1030 N99445 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLORADO SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPGS,CO PUEBLO,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PLT RPRTD PAX INADVERTENTLY RLSD PARKING BRAKE AFTER ACFT WAS HAND PROPPED TO START.HIT TWY LGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99445
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Colorado Springs
N99445Registration cancelled May 8, 2015 · 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.