- Date
- May 21, 1966
- Place
- Frankston, TX · FRANKSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3136HErcoupe 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172291
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1155 66/5/21 FRANKSTON TEX ERCOUPE 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TIME - 1645 N3136H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3136H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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