- Date
- April 21, 1974
- Place
- Gretna, LA · GRETNA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99295Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740421007809A
- Case key
- 186428
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0773 74/4/21 GRETNA,LA ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 61 TOTAL TIME - 0820 N99295 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRETNA,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 1 CYL CONNECTING ROD FAILED.PLT TRIED TO LND ON HWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99295
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N99295Registration cancelled May 13, 1974 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C
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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.