- Date
- July 10, 1967
- Place
- Bessemer, AL · BESSEMER, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94144Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115513
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2409 67/7/10 BESSEMER,ALA ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 46, 50 TOTAL TIME - 0945 N94144 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BESSEMER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO.3 CONNECTING ROD FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94144
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bessemer
N94144Registration cancelled Mar 20, 2013 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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