# NTSB FTW79FQG54: Erco 415-C, N99271, Odessa, TX, August 12, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 12, 1979
- Place: Odessa, TX · ODESSA, TX
- Location: 31.8457° N, 102.3676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Odessa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8457&lon=-102.3676&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 5, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 134148
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW79FQG54
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQG54

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99271-2012-08-30), registration cancelled 2012-08-30, S/N 1894, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERCO 415-C
- Registry model: [Ercoupe 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c) (registry code 0420322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Schlemeyer Field

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790812026829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790812026829A), Aug 12, 1979: Univar 415C, Odessa, TX, Minor damage. Pilot taxied to ramp after flight. A friend walked out to meet him and walked into the propeller.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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