- Date
- August 12, 1979
- Place
- Odessa, TX · ODESSA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N99271Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790812026829A
- Case key
- 134148
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2562 79/8/12 ODESSA,TX ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 56 TOTAL TIME - 2045 N99271 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHLEMEYER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ODESSA,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- PILOT'S FRIEND(THAT WAS WAITING AT AIRPORT)WALKED INTO ROTATING PROP DRG ENG SHUTDWN AT NITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99271
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Schlemeyer Field
N99271Registration cancelled Aug 30, 2012 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 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.