- Date
- June 16, 1973
- Place
- Cottonwood, AZ · COTTONWOOD, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N87311Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730616016909A
- Case key
- 189971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2389 73/6/16 COTTONWOOD,ARIZ ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 47, TIME - 1240 N87311 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 76 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTONWOOD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STUDENT CERT EXPIRED,NOT SOLO ENDORSED.SHUT ENG DOWN TWICE TO SOAR,COULDN'T RESTART.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87311
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cottonwood
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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.