- Date
- July 2, 1982, 09:58 local (15:58 UTC)
- Place
- Wamsutter, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99481Ercoupe 415-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820702028609A
- Case key
- 72954
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot became sick during the flight and elected to land on a highway. He took spacing behind a truck, but the truck slowed down, so he continued the landing beside the highway. After lowering the nosewheel, it hit a ditch and collapsed, and the aircraft nosed over. The pilot received medical checks after the accident. The attending physicians told the pilot that all of the tests were either negative or inconclusive. The pilot suspected that he may have suffered from hyperventilation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99481
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2104
- Airframe hours
- 7,100
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Byron O. Bousha
- Registered owner
- Byron O. Bousha
- Departed
- RKS · Rock Springs, WY
- Destination
- 1V4 · Ft. Collins-Lov, CO
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 183 total · 103 in this make and model · 156 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 147 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWL, 47 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.