- Date
- June 28, 1966
- Place
- Blairsville, GA · BLAIRSVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3823HErco 415C
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171508
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0300 66/6/28 BLAIRSVILLE GA ERCO 415C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1530 N3823H PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 29, 489 TOTAL HOURS, 22 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 91 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3823H
- Reported as
- Erco 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3823HRegistration cancelled Nov 17, 2018 · Ercoupe 415-DAirframe modelErcoupe 415-DEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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