- Date
- June 12, 1977
- Place
- Texas City, TX · TEXAS CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3045HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770612015739A
- Case key
- 158128
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1225 77/6/12 TEXAS CITY,TX ERCO 415-C CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 35, 94 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N3045H PX- 0 0 0 OTHER HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEXAS CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEXAS CITY,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- MECH/PLT INADVERTENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE DRG HI-SPEED TAXI TEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3045H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Texas City
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.