- Date
- January 8, 1978
- Place
- Upland, CA · UPLAND, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94774Erco 415E
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780108000239A
- Case key
- 143587
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0108 78/1/8 UPLAND,CA ERCO 415E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 2363 TIME - 1105 N94774 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CABLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FERNANDO,CA UPLAND,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- OTHER ACFT ON RWY,WAS TOO CLOSE. HIT SMALL TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94774
- Reported as
- Erco 415E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cable
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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.