- Date
- August 2, 1970
- Place
- Cumberland, MD · CUMBERLAND, MD
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2154HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191423
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3467 70/8/2 CUMBERLAND,MD ERCO 415-C CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N2154H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEXICO FARMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CUMBERLAND,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT COPILOT - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- HIT ABOUT 45 FT SHORT,BOUNCED DOWN RWY. BOTH STUDENT PLTS.CO-PLT HAD 200 HRS TOTAL,ALL IN TYPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2154H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mexico Farms
N2154HRegistration cancelled Oct 25, 2019 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.