- Date
- June 25, 1974
- Place
- Stockbridge, GA · STOCKBRIDGE, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N94770Erco 415-E
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740625020789A
- Case key
- 130167
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2291 74/6/25 STOCKBRIDGE,GA ERCO 415-E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1705 N94770 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 38, 844 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 21 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERRY HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOCKBRIDGE,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 4 CNCTNG ROD BRG FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94770
- Reported as
- Erco 415-E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Berry Hill
N94770Registration cancelled Mar 23, 2018 · Ercoupe 415-EAirframe modelErcoupe 415-EEngine modelContinental C90 series
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Other investigations on N94770 · 1
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