- Date
- April 28, 1974
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2493HErco 415-D
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740428010169A
- Case key
- 186361
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0790 74/4/28 LONG BEACH,CALIF ERCO 415-D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 42 TOTAL TIME - 1732 N2493H PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF LOCAL 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 LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT NOT AUTHORIZED TO SOLO TYPE ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2493H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Beach Muni
N2493HRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.