- Date
- January 5, 1980
- Place
- Mooreville, MS · MOOREVILLE, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N87156Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800105000309A
- Case key
- 134883
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0962 80/1/5 MOOREVILLE,MS ERCO 415-C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 38, TIME - 1430 N87156 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 45 TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMB STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOOREVILLE,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- DRG TKOF W RGT QTRG TAIL WND,ACFT DRIFTED LEFT OFF RWY TWD TREES BFR PLT ABORTED.WND GSTG 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87156
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lamb Strip
N87156Registration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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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.