- Date
- July 6, 1977
- Place
- Lake Havasu, AZ · LAKE HAVASU, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2940HErco 415-D
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770706018689A
- Case key
- 146507
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1513 77/7/6 LAKE HAVASU,AZ ERCO 415-D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 2867 TIME - 1715 N2940H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 162 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE HAVASU DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINSLOW,AZ LAKE HAVASU,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 1 CYL CONROD FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2940H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Havasu
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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.