- Date
- April 10, 1976
- Place
- Plant City, FL · PLANT CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2931HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760410008469A
- Case key
- 153076
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0661 76/4/10 PLANT CITY,FL ERCO 415-C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, UNK/NR TIME - 1315 N2931H PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILLSBORO AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLANT CITY,FL ORLANDO,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SPARE PROPELLER CARRIED LOOSE IN COCKPIT.PART OF PROPELLER EXTENDED THRU WINDOW INTO SLIPSTREAM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2931H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hillsboro Airport
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2931H · 1
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