- Date
- July 23, 1984, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pacoima, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3514HErcoupe 415-CD
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840723036309A
- Case key
- 24353
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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 student plt reported that when he landed, 'the nose hit 1st & a bit hard causing a balloon. Then the plane again came down hard & ballooned. This happened about 3 times before the plane stopped & went on the nose.' The nose gear collapsed during the occurrence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3514H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-CD
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4139
- Airframe hours
- 1,489
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- John Brown
- Registered owner
- Pau Curtis And James Mcfadden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 9, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Airport
- WHP · Whiteman, runway 12, 3,725 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 31 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.