- Date
- March 18, 1974
- Place
- Alice, TX · ALICE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N99749Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740318005999A
- Case key
- 186610
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0422 74/3/18 ALICE,TEX ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 7000 TIME - 1510 N99749 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALICE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALICE,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG LOST PWR PREV.PLT ON FINAL TO ARPT WHEN ENG REGAINED PWR.MADE GO ARND OK,THEN ENG QUIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99749
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alice Intl
N99749Registration cancelled Mar 21, 2013 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CEngine modelContinental C85 series
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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.