- Date
- September 25, 1973
- Place
- P.Beach Grdn, FL · P.BEACH GRDN, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99241Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730925035729A
- Case key
- 188062
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3506 73/9/25 P.BEACH GRDN,FLA ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 47, 195 TIME - 1330 N99241 PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM BEACH GARDEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION P.BEACH GRDN,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COPILOT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- LDG WELL DWN THE RWY,COPLT ATMTD LOSE ALTITUDE PULLED CTL WHEEL BACK DECREASED A/S UN CK DSCNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99241
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Beach Garden
N99241Registration cancelled Oct 21, 2004 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.