- Date
- August 28, 1977
- Place
- St.Thomas, VI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N87011Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770828028889A
- Case key
- 145896
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2641 77/8/28 ST.THOMAS,VI ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 396 TIME - 1140 N87011 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 330 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRY S.TRUMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.THOMAS,VI UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ACFT TIED DOWN,HAND PROPPING,THROTTLE FULL OPEN.HIT ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87011
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Harry S.Truman
N87011Registration cancelled Nov 10, 1977 · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.