- Date
- July 31, 1966
- Place
- Deseret Farms, FL · DESERET FARMS, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93414Ercoupe 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122146
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2109 66/7/31 DESERET FARMS FLA ERCOUPE 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 150 TIME - 1130 N93414 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT OBSERVED FUEL FLOWING FROM CARBURETOR AREA IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO FIRE STARTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93414
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N93414Registration cancelled Sep 9, 1970 · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-C
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