- Date
- May 27, 1969
- Place
- East Tawakoni, TX · EAST TAWAKONI, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N99985Ercoupe 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183702
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1362 69/5/27 EAST TAWAKONI,TEX ERCOUPE 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 48, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N99985 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- T/O FROM ABANDONED ROAD COVERED WITH WEEDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99985
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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