- Date
- August 20, 1966
- Place
- Pacoima, CA · PACOIMA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3540HErco 415-CD
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178744
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2871 66/8/20 PACOIMA CALIF ERCO 415-CD CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1100 TIME - 1205 N3540H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 950 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITEMAN AIR PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 90 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CROSSWIND GUSTY TO 20 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3540H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-CD
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whiteman Air Park
N3540HRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 2018 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CDAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CDEngine modelContinental C85 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.
Other investigations on N3540H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.