- Date
- January 26, 1986, 09:19 local (17:19 UTC)
- Place
- Apple Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94798Ercoupe E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860126001329A
- Case key
- 25060
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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 plt stated that the acft's eng lost power and the acft flipped over during an attempted forced landing on a dirt road in front of his residence. A witness stated that the acft made three low passes over the dirt road prior to touchdown. A witness commented that she had observed the plt the day before, on his tractor, grading the road infront of his house.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94798
- Reported as
- Ercoupe E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4911
- Airframe hours
- 1,580
- Engine
- Continental C-85-B, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Cochran
- Registered owner
- Leonard D. Southwick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1980
- Departed
- Lucerne Valley, CA
- Destination
- Apple Valley, 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 221 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Observed at
- VCV, 5 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.