- Date
- August 13, 1983, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kernville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94369Ercoupe 415-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830813043059A
- Case key
- 23496
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crashed in rising terrain 6 mi west of the departure arpt at 5,000 ft MSL. The alta sierra pass is 6,500 ft mslwith mountain tops at 8,320 ft MSL. The plt was issued a student certificate on 8/22/80 which was not renewed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94369
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1592
- Airframe hours
- 752
- Engine
- Continental C85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Charles Linn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 5, 1981 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- L05 · Kernville, CA
- Destination
- L45 · Bakersfield, CA
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 261 total · 241 in this make and model · 265 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.