- Date
- August 15, 1970
- Place
- Clanton, AL · CLANTON, AL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112725
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1438 70/8/15 CLANTON,ALA ERCO 415-C CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 56, 469 TIME - 1115 N93564 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 1 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREGG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PELL CITY,LA CLANTON,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ERCOUPE PLT SAW BEECH AFTER TOUCHDOWN. BRAKED AND SWERVED TO R TO AVOID BEECH.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1438 70/8/15 CLANTON,ALA BEECH 23 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 276 TIME - 1115 N2371L PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 1 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREGG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLANTON,ALA SYLACAUGA,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- BEECH DEP RAMP,TAXIED ACROSS RWY IN PATH OF LDG ERCOUPE. UNCONTROLLED ARPT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2371L
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gregg
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.
- Registration
- N93564
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gregg
N93564Registration cancelled Jan 4, 1971 · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-C
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.