- Date
- October 30, 1965
- Place
- Spruce Pine, NC · SPRUCE PINE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N87294Ercoupe 415C
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175118
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3149 65/10/30 SPRUCE PINE NC ERCOUPE 415C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N87294 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AVERY COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH STUMP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87294
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Avery County
N87294Registration cancelled Oct 17, 2019 · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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