- Date
- February 24, 1980
- Place
- Laceys Spring, AL · LACEYS SPRING, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3546HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800224007729A
- Case key
- 131854
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0277 80/2/24 LACEYS SPRING,AL ERCO 415-C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 422 TIME - 1330 N3546H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 382 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH HUNTSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LACEYS SPRING,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3546H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Huntsville
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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.