- Date
- February 5, 1971
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N93988Ercoupe 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0635 71/2/5 SAN ANTONIO,TEX ERCOUPE 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 156 TIME - 1530 N93988 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN ANTONIO INTL. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- HAND PROPPED ACFT ENG STARTED AND JUMPED CHOCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93988
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Antonio Intl.
N93988Registration cancelled Sep 16, 2013 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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.
Other investigations on N93988 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.