- Date
- December 11, 1980
- Place
- Texas City, TX · TEXAS CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99368Erco 415-L
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801211072729A
- Case key
- 127667
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3734 80/12/11 NR.TEXAS CITY,TX ERCO 415-L CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 5000 TIME - 1645 N99368 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX GALVESTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- SIMULATED FORCED LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99368
- Reported as
- Erco 415-L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N99368Registration cancelled Jan 7, 2011 · 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.